Q: Is 42,039,998 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,039,998 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,039,998 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 42039998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 13 14 22 23 26 46 77 83 91 121 143 154 161 166 182 242 253 286 299 322 506 581 598 847 913 1,001 1,079 1,162 1,573 1,694 1,771 1,826 1,909 2,002 2,093 2,158 2,783 3,146 3,289 3,542 3,818 4,186 5,566 6,391 6,578 7,553 10,043 11,011 11,869 12,782 13,363 15,106 19,481 20,086 20,999 22,022 23,023 23,738 24,817 26,726 36,179 38,962 41,998 46,046 49,634 70,301 72,358 83,083 130,559 140,602 146,993 166,166 173,719 230,989 253,253 261,118 272,987 293,986 347,438 461,978 506,506 545,974 913,913 1,616,923 1,827,826 1,910,909 3,002,857 3,233,846 3,821,818 6,005,714 21,019,999 and 42,039,998, with no remainder.

Since 42,039,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,039,998, 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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