Q: Is 42,152,262 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,152,262 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,152,262 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 42152262 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 109 218 327 654 64,453 128,906 193,359 386,718 7,025,377 14,050,754 21,076,131 and 42,152,262, with no remainder.

Since 42,152,262 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,152,262, 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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