Q: Is 42,125,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,125,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,125,424 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 42125424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 121 132 176 242 264 363 484 528 726 968 1,452 1,936 2,904 5,808 7,253 14,506 21,759 29,012 43,518 58,024 79,783 87,036 116,048 159,566 174,072 239,349 319,132 348,144 478,698 638,264 877,613 957,396 1,276,528 1,755,226 1,914,792 2,632,839 3,510,452 3,829,584 5,265,678 7,020,904 10,531,356 14,041,808 21,062,712 and 42,125,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,125,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,125,424, it is not a prime number.


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