Q: Is 42,161,664 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,161,664 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,161,664 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 42161664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 192 256 384 512 768 1,536 27,449 54,898 82,347 109,796 164,694 219,592 329,388 439,184 658,776 878,368 1,317,552 1,756,736 2,635,104 3,513,472 5,270,208 7,026,944 10,540,416 14,053,888 21,080,832 and 42,161,664, with no remainder.

Since 42,161,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,161,664, 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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