Q: Is 42,022,431 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,022,431 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,022,431 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 42022431 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 33 99 107 321 963 1,177 3,531 3,967 10,593 11,901 35,703 43,637 130,911 392,733 424,469 1,273,407 3,820,221 4,669,159 14,007,477 and 42,022,431, with no remainder.

Since 42,022,431 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,022,431, 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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