Q: Is 42,056,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,056,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,056,504 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 42056504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 49 56 68 98 119 136 196 238 392 476 833 952 1,666 3,332 6,311 6,664 12,622 25,244 44,177 50,488 88,354 107,287 176,708 214,574 309,239 353,416 429,148 618,478 751,009 858,296 1,236,956 1,502,018 2,473,912 3,004,036 5,257,063 6,008,072 10,514,126 21,028,252 and 42,056,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,056,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,056,504, 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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