Q: Is 42,031,074 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,031,074 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,031,074 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 42031074 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 23 46 61 69 122 138 183 366 1,403 2,806 4,209 4,993 8,418 9,986 14,979 29,958 114,839 229,678 304,573 344,517 609,146 689,034 913,719 1,827,438 7,005,179 14,010,358 21,015,537 and 42,031,074, with no remainder.

Since 42,031,074 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,031,074, 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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