Q: Is 42,201,676 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,201,676 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,201,676 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 42201676 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 47 94 188 517 1,034 2,068 20,407 40,814 81,628 224,477 448,954 897,908 959,129 1,918,258 3,836,516 10,550,419 21,100,838 and 42,201,676, with no remainder.

Since 42,201,676 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,201,676, 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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