Q: Is 42,188,003 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,188,003 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,188,003 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 42188003 can be evenly divided by 1 11 13 23 101 127 143 253 299 1,111 1,313 1,397 1,651 2,323 2,921 3,289 12,827 14,443 18,161 25,553 30,199 32,131 37,973 141,097 166,751 295,021 332,189 417,703 1,834,261 3,245,231 3,835,273 and 42,188,003, with no remainder.

Since 42,188,003 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,188,003, 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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