Q: Is 42,116,452 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,116,452 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,116,452 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 42116452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 757 1,514 1,987 3,028 3,974 5,299 7,948 10,598 13,909 21,196 27,818 55,636 1,504,159 3,008,318 6,016,636 10,529,113 21,058,226 and 42,116,452, with no remainder.

Since 42,116,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,116,452, 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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