Q: Is 42,055,668 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,055,668 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,055,668 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 42055668 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 41 82 123 164 246 369 492 738 1,476 28,493 56,986 85,479 113,972 170,958 256,437 341,916 512,874 1,025,748 1,168,213 2,336,426 3,504,639 4,672,852 7,009,278 10,513,917 14,018,556 21,027,834 and 42,055,668, with no remainder.

Since 42,055,668 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,055,668, 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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