Q: Is 42,176,367 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,176,367 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,176,367 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 42176367 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 83 131 249 393 431 747 1,179 1,293 3,879 10,873 32,619 35,773 56,461 97,857 107,319 169,383 321,957 508,149 4,686,263 14,058,789 and 42,176,367, with no remainder.

Since 42,176,367 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,176,367, 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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