Q: Is 42,050,238 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,050,238 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,050,238 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 42050238 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 109 113 218 226 327 339 569 654 678 1,138 1,707 3,414 12,317 24,634 36,951 62,021 64,297 73,902 124,042 128,594 186,063 192,891 372,126 385,782 7,008,373 14,016,746 21,025,119 and 42,050,238, with no remainder.

Since 42,050,238 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,050,238, 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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