Q: Is 42,111,212 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,111,212 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,111,212 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 42111212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 13 22 26 44 52 83 143 166 286 332 572 887 913 1,079 1,774 1,826 2,158 3,548 3,652 4,316 9,757 11,531 11,869 19,514 23,062 23,738 39,028 46,124 47,476 73,621 126,841 147,242 253,682 294,484 507,364 809,831 957,073 1,619,662 1,914,146 3,239,324 3,828,292 10,527,803 21,055,606 and 42,111,212, with no remainder.

Since 42,111,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,111,212, 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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