Q: Is 42,055,932 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,055,932 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,055,932 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 42055932 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 313 626 939 1,252 1,878 3,756 11,197 22,394 33,591 44,788 67,182 134,364 3,504,661 7,009,322 10,513,983 14,018,644 21,027,966 and 42,055,932, with no remainder.

Since 42,055,932 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,055,932, 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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