Q: Is 42,056,224 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,056,224 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,056,224 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 42056224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 112 224 187,751 375,502 751,004 1,314,257 1,502,008 2,628,514 3,004,016 5,257,028 6,008,032 10,514,056 21,028,112 and 42,056,224, with no remainder.

Since 42,056,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,056,224, 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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