Q: Is 42,144,032 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,144,032 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,144,032 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 42144032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 112 224 188,143 376,286 752,572 1,317,001 1,505,144 2,634,002 3,010,288 5,268,004 6,020,576 10,536,008 21,072,016 and 42,144,032, with no remainder.

Since 42,144,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,144,032, 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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