Q: Is 42,203,144 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,203,144 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,203,144 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 42203144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 599 1,198 2,396 4,792 8,807 17,614 35,228 70,456 5,275,393 10,550,786 21,101,572 and 42,203,144, with no remainder.

Since 42,203,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,203,144, 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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