Q: Is 42,204,662 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,204,662 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,204,662 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 42204662 can be evenly divided by 1 2 19 38 41 82 103 206 263 526 779 1,558 1,957 3,914 4,223 4,997 8,446 9,994 10,783 21,566 27,089 54,178 80,237 160,474 204,877 409,754 514,691 1,029,382 1,110,649 2,221,298 21,102,331 and 42,204,662, with no remainder.

Since 42,204,662 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,204,662, 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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