Q: Is 42,022,848 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,022,848 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,022,848 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 42022848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 168 192 224 336 448 672 1,344 31,267 62,534 93,801 125,068 187,602 218,869 250,136 375,204 437,738 500,272 656,607 750,408 875,476 1,000,544 1,313,214 1,500,816 1,750,952 2,001,088 2,626,428 3,001,632 3,501,904 5,252,856 6,003,264 7,003,808 10,505,712 14,007,616 21,011,424 and 42,022,848, with no remainder.

Since 42,022,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,022,848, 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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