Q: Is 42,024,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,024,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,024,402 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 42024402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 59 63 118 126 177 354 413 531 826 1,062 1,239 2,478 3,717 5,653 7,434 11,306 16,959 33,918 39,571 50,877 79,142 101,754 118,713 237,426 333,527 356,139 667,054 712,278 1,000,581 2,001,162 2,334,689 3,001,743 4,669,378 6,003,486 7,004,067 14,008,134 21,012,201 and 42,024,402, with no remainder.

Since 42,024,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,024,402, 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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