Q: Is 42,185,236 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,185,236 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,185,236 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 42185236 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 43 59 86 118 172 236 2,537 4,157 5,074 8,314 10,148 16,628 178,751 245,263 357,502 490,526 715,004 981,052 10,546,309 21,092,618 and 42,185,236, with no remainder.

Since 42,185,236 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,185,236, 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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