Q: Is 42,101,344 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,101,344 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,101,344 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 42101344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 283 566 1,132 2,264 4,528 4,649 9,056 9,298 18,596 37,192 74,384 148,768 1,315,667 2,631,334 5,262,668 10,525,336 21,050,672 and 42,101,344, with no remainder.

Since 42,101,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,101,344, 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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