Q: Is 42,033,124 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,033,124 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,033,124 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 42033124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 1,103 1,361 2,206 2,722 4,412 5,444 7,721 9,527 15,442 19,054 30,884 38,108 1,501,183 3,002,366 6,004,732 10,508,281 21,016,562 and 42,033,124, with no remainder.

Since 42,033,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,033,124, 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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