Q: Is 42,101,232 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,101,232 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,101,232 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 42101232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 877,109 1,754,218 2,631,327 3,508,436 5,262,654 7,016,872 10,525,308 14,033,744 21,050,616 and 42,101,232, with no remainder.

Since 42,101,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,101,232, 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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