Q: Is 42,040,332 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,040,332 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,040,332 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 42040332 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 59 118 177 236 354 531 708 1,062 2,124 19,793 39,586 59,379 79,172 118,758 178,137 237,516 356,274 712,548 1,167,787 2,335,574 3,503,361 4,671,148 7,006,722 10,510,083 14,013,444 21,020,166 and 42,040,332, with no remainder.

Since 42,040,332 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,040,332, 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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