Q: Is 42,140,644 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,140,644 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,140,644 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 42140644 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 13 14 26 28 52 91 182 364 115,771 231,542 463,084 810,397 1,505,023 1,620,794 3,010,046 3,241,588 6,020,092 10,535,161 21,070,322 and 42,140,644, with no remainder.

Since 42,140,644 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,140,644, 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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