Q: Is 42,023,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,023,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,023,424 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 42023424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 109 128 192 218 251 256 327 384 436 502 512 654 753 768 872 1,004 1,308 1,506 1,536 1,744 2,008 2,616 3,012 3,488 4,016 5,232 6,024 6,976 8,032 10,464 12,048 13,952 16,064 20,928 24,096 27,359 27,904 32,128 41,856 48,192 54,718 55,808 64,256 82,077 83,712 96,384 109,436 128,512 164,154 167,424 192,768 218,872 328,308 385,536 437,744 656,616 875,488 1,313,232 1,750,976 2,626,464 3,501,952 5,252,928 7,003,904 10,505,856 14,007,808 21,011,712 and 42,023,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,023,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,023,424, 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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