Q: Is 42,102,672 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,102,672 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,102,672 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 42102672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 317 634 951 1,268 1,902 2,536 2,767 3,804 5,072 5,534 7,608 8,301 11,068 15,216 16,602 22,136 33,204 44,272 66,408 132,816 877,139 1,754,278 2,631,417 3,508,556 5,262,834 7,017,112 10,525,668 14,034,224 21,051,336 and 42,102,672, with no remainder.

Since 42,102,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,102,672, 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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