Q: Is 42,202,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,202,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,202,008 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 42202008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 586,139 1,172,278 1,758,417 2,344,556 3,516,834 4,689,112 5,275,251 7,033,668 10,550,502 14,067,336 21,101,004 and 42,202,008, with no remainder.

Since 42,202,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,202,008, 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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