Q: Is 42,200,238 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,200,238 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,200,238 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 42200238 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 31 62 93 97 186 194 291 582 2,339 3,007 4,678 6,014 7,017 9,021 14,034 18,042 72,509 145,018 217,527 226,883 435,054 453,766 680,649 1,361,298 7,033,373 14,066,746 21,100,119 and 42,200,238, with no remainder.

Since 42,200,238 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,200,238, 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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