Q: Is 42,200,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,200,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,200,424 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 42200424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 31 36 37 42 56 62 63 72 73 74 84 93 111 124 126 146 148 168 186 217 219 222 248 252 259 279 292 296 333 372 434 438 444 504 511 518 558 584 651 657 666 744 777 868 876 888 1,022 1,036 1,116 1,147 1,302 1,314 1,332 1,533 1,554 1,736 1,752 1,953 2,044 2,072 2,232 2,263 2,294 2,331 2,604 2,628 2,664 2,701 3,066 3,108 3,441 3,906 4,088 4,526 4,588 4,599 4,662 5,208 5,256 5,402 6,132 6,216 6,789 6,882 7,812 8,029 8,103 9,052 9,176 9,198 9,324 10,323 10,804 12,264 13,578 13,764 15,624 15,841 16,058 16,206 18,104 18,396 18,648 18,907 20,367 20,646 21,608 24,087 24,309 27,156 27,528 31,682 32,116 32,412 36,792 37,814 40,734 41,292 47,523 48,174 48,618 54,312 56,721 63,364 64,232 64,824 72,261 75,628 81,468 82,584 83,731 95,046 96,348 97,236 113,442 126,728 142,569 144,522 151,256 162,936 167,462 170,163 190,092 192,696 194,472 226,884 251,193 285,138 289,044 334,924 340,326 380,184 453,768 502,386 570,276 578,088 586,117 669,848 680,652 753,579 1,004,772 1,140,552 1,172,234 1,361,304 1,507,158 1,758,351 2,009,544 2,344,468 3,014,316 3,516,702 4,688,936 5,275,053 6,028,632 7,033,404 10,550,106 14,066,808 21,100,212 and 42,200,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,200,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,200,424, it is not a prime number.


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