Q: Is 42,022,836 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,022,836 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,022,836 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 42022836 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 439 878 1,317 1,756 2,634 2,659 3,951 5,268 5,318 7,902 7,977 10,636 15,804 15,954 23,931 31,908 47,862 95,724 1,167,301 2,334,602 3,501,903 4,669,204 7,003,806 10,505,709 14,007,612 21,011,418 and 42,022,836, with no remainder.

Since 42,022,836 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,022,836, 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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