Q: Is 42,204,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,204,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,204,472 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 42204472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 17 19 34 38 68 76 136 152 323 646 1,292 2,584 16,333 32,666 65,332 130,664 277,661 310,327 555,322 620,654 1,110,644 1,241,308 2,221,288 2,482,616 5,275,559 10,551,118 21,102,236 and 42,204,472, with no remainder.

Since 42,204,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,204,472, 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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