Q: Is 42,023,422 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,023,422 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,023,422 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 42023422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 17 34 119 238 317 557 634 1,114 2,219 3,899 4,438 5,389 7,798 9,469 10,778 18,938 37,723 66,283 75,446 132,566 176,569 353,138 1,235,983 2,471,966 3,001,673 6,003,346 21,011,711 and 42,023,422, with no remainder.

Since 42,023,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,023,422, 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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