Q: Is 42,134,216 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,134,216 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,134,216 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 42134216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 29 58 116 193 232 386 772 941 1,544 1,882 3,764 5,597 7,528 11,194 22,388 27,289 44,776 54,578 109,156 181,613 218,312 363,226 726,452 1,452,904 5,266,777 10,533,554 21,067,108 and 42,134,216, with no remainder.

Since 42,134,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,134,216, 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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