Q: Is 42,042,744 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,042,744 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,042,744 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 42042744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 36 38 57 72 73 76 114 146 152 171 219 228 292 342 421 438 456 584 657 684 842 876 1,263 1,314 1,368 1,387 1,684 1,752 2,526 2,628 2,774 3,368 3,789 4,161 5,052 5,256 5,548 7,578 7,999 8,322 10,104 11,096 12,483 15,156 15,998 16,644 23,997 24,966 30,312 30,733 31,996 33,288 47,994 49,932 61,466 63,992 71,991 92,199 95,988 99,864 122,932 143,982 184,398 191,976 245,864 276,597 287,964 368,796 553,194 575,928 583,927 737,592 1,106,388 1,167,854 1,751,781 2,212,776 2,335,708 3,503,562 4,671,416 5,255,343 7,007,124 10,510,686 14,014,248 21,021,372 and 42,042,744, with no remainder.

Since 42,042,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,042,744, 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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