Q: Is 42,176,016 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,176,016 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,176,016 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 42176016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 173 346 519 692 1,038 1,384 1,557 1,693 2,076 2,768 3,114 3,386 4,152 5,079 6,228 6,772 8,304 10,158 12,456 13,544 15,237 20,316 24,912 27,088 30,474 40,632 60,948 81,264 121,896 243,792 292,889 585,778 878,667 1,171,556 1,757,334 2,343,112 2,636,001 3,514,668 4,686,224 5,272,002 7,029,336 10,544,004 14,058,672 21,088,008 and 42,176,016, with no remainder.

Since 42,176,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,176,016, 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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