Q: Is 42,178,344 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,178,344 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,178,344 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 42178344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 104 156 169 312 338 507 676 1,014 1,352 2,028 4,056 10,399 20,798 31,197 41,596 62,394 83,192 124,788 135,187 249,576 270,374 405,561 540,748 811,122 1,081,496 1,622,244 1,757,431 3,244,488 3,514,862 5,272,293 7,029,724 10,544,586 14,059,448 21,089,172 and 42,178,344, with no remainder.

Since 42,178,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,178,344, 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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