Q: Is 42,100,016 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,100,016 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,100,016 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 42100016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 49 56 98 112 196 392 784 53,699 107,398 214,796 375,893 429,592 751,786 859,184 1,503,572 2,631,251 3,007,144 5,262,502 6,014,288 10,525,004 21,050,008 and 42,100,016, with no remainder.

Since 42,100,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,100,016, 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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