Q: Is 42,045,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,045,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,045,248 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 42045248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 64 112 224 448 93,851 187,702 375,404 656,957 750,808 1,313,914 1,501,616 2,627,828 3,003,232 5,255,656 6,006,464 10,511,312 21,022,624 and 42,045,248, with no remainder.

Since 42,045,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,045,248, 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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