Q: Is 42,104,224 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,104,224 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,104,224 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 42104224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 37 43 74 86 148 172 296 344 592 688 827 1,184 1,376 1,591 1,654 3,182 3,308 6,364 6,616 12,728 13,232 25,456 26,464 30,599 35,561 50,912 61,198 71,122 122,396 142,244 244,792 284,488 489,584 568,976 979,168 1,137,952 1,315,757 2,631,514 5,263,028 10,526,056 21,052,112 and 42,104,224, with no remainder.

Since 42,104,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,104,224, 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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