Q: Is 42,022,218 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,022,218 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,022,218 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 42022218 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 29 42 58 87 174 203 406 609 1,218 34,501 69,002 103,503 207,006 241,507 483,014 724,521 1,000,529 1,449,042 2,001,058 3,001,587 6,003,174 7,003,703 14,007,406 21,011,109 and 42,022,218, with no remainder.

Since 42,022,218 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,022,218, 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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