Q: Is 42,123,022 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,123,022 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,123,022 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 42123022 can be evenly divided by 1 2 29 53 58 71 106 142 193 386 1,537 2,059 3,074 3,763 4,118 5,597 7,526 10,229 11,194 13,703 20,458 27,406 109,127 218,254 296,641 397,387 593,282 726,259 794,774 1,452,518 21,061,511 and 42,123,022, with no remainder.

Since 42,123,022 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,123,022, 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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