Q: Is 42,201,408 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,201,408 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,201,408 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 42201408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 192 219,799 439,598 659,397 879,196 1,318,794 1,758,392 2,637,588 3,516,784 5,275,176 7,033,568 10,550,352 14,067,136 21,100,704 and 42,201,408, with no remainder.

Since 42,201,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,201,408, 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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