Q: Is 42,070,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,070,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,070,424 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 42070424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 88 191 382 764 1,528 2,101 2,503 4,202 5,006 8,404 10,012 16,808 20,024 27,533 55,066 110,132 220,264 478,073 956,146 1,912,292 3,824,584 5,258,803 10,517,606 21,035,212 and 42,070,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,070,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,070,424, 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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