Q: Is 42,022,524 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,022,524 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,022,524 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 42022524 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 43 86 129 172 258 516 81,439 162,878 244,317 325,756 488,634 977,268 3,501,877 7,003,754 10,505,631 14,007,508 21,011,262 and 42,022,524, with no remainder.

Since 42,022,524 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,022,524, 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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