Q: Is 42,022,101 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,022,101 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,022,101 not a prime number?

A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.

The number 42022101 can be evenly divided by 1 3 11 33 59 113 177 191 339 573 649 1,243 1,947 2,101 3,729 6,303 6,667 11,269 20,001 21,583 33,807 64,749 73,337 123,959 220,011 237,413 371,877 712,239 1,273,397 3,820,191 14,007,367 and 42,022,101, with no remainder.

Since 42,022,101 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,022,101, it is not a prime number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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