Q: Is 42,042,448 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,042,448 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,042,448 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 42042448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 56 62 112 124 217 248 434 496 868 1,736 3,472 12,109 24,218 48,436 84,763 96,872 169,526 193,744 339,052 375,379 678,104 750,758 1,356,208 1,501,516 2,627,653 3,003,032 5,255,306 6,006,064 10,510,612 21,021,224 and 42,042,448, with no remainder.

Since 42,042,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,042,448, 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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