Q: Is 42,202,017 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,202,017 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,202,017 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 42202017 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 13 33 39 99 117 121 143 271 363 429 813 1,089 1,287 1,331 1,573 2,439 2,981 3,523 3,993 4,719 8,943 10,569 11,979 14,157 17,303 26,829 31,707 32,791 38,753 51,909 98,373 116,259 155,727 295,119 348,777 360,701 426,283 1,082,103 1,278,849 3,246,309 3,836,547 4,689,113 14,067,339 and 42,202,017, with no remainder.

Since 42,202,017 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,202,017, 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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