Q: Is 42,201,032 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,201,032 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,201,032 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 42201032 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 29 58 101 116 202 232 404 808 1,801 2,929 3,602 5,858 7,204 11,716 14,408 23,432 52,229 104,458 181,901 208,916 363,802 417,832 727,604 1,455,208 5,275,129 10,550,258 21,100,516 and 42,201,032, with no remainder.

Since 42,201,032 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,201,032, 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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