Q: Is 42,204,204 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,204,204 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,204,204 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 42204204 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 252 373 449 746 898 1,119 1,347 1,492 1,796 2,238 2,611 2,694 3,143 3,357 4,041 4,476 5,222 5,388 6,286 6,714 7,833 8,082 9,429 10,444 12,572 13,428 15,666 16,164 18,858 23,499 28,287 31,332 37,716 46,998 56,574 93,996 113,148 167,477 334,954 502,431 669,908 1,004,862 1,172,339 1,507,293 2,009,724 2,344,678 3,014,586 3,517,017 4,689,356 6,029,172 7,034,034 10,551,051 14,068,068 21,102,102 and 42,204,204, with no remainder.

Since 42,204,204 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,204,204, 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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