Q: Is 42,111,312 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,111,312 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,111,312 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 42111312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 34 48 51 68 102 136 204 272 408 816 51,607 103,214 154,821 206,428 309,642 412,856 619,284 825,712 877,319 1,238,568 1,754,638 2,477,136 2,631,957 3,509,276 5,263,914 7,018,552 10,527,828 14,037,104 21,055,656 and 42,111,312, with no remainder.

Since 42,111,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,111,312, 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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