Q: Is 42,077,124 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,077,124 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,077,124 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 42077124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 53 54 106 108 159 212 318 477 636 954 1,431 1,908 2,862 5,724 7,351 14,702 22,053 29,404 44,106 66,159 88,212 132,318 198,477 264,636 389,603 396,954 779,206 793,908 1,168,809 1,558,412 2,337,618 3,506,427 4,675,236 7,012,854 10,519,281 14,025,708 21,038,562 and 42,077,124, with no remainder.

Since 42,077,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,077,124, 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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