Q: Is 42,123,024 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,123,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,123,024 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 42123024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 108 144 216 281 347 432 562 694 843 1,041 1,124 1,388 1,686 2,082 2,248 2,529 2,776 3,123 3,372 4,164 4,496 5,058 5,552 6,246 6,744 7,587 8,328 9,369 10,116 12,492 13,488 15,174 16,656 18,738 20,232 24,984 30,348 37,476 40,464 49,968 60,696 74,952 97,507 121,392 149,904 195,014 292,521 390,028 585,042 780,056 877,563 1,170,084 1,560,112 1,755,126 2,340,168 2,632,689 3,510,252 4,680,336 5,265,378 7,020,504 10,530,756 14,041,008 21,061,512 and 42,123,024, with no remainder.

Since 42,123,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,123,024, 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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