Q: Is 42,210,752 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,210,752 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,210,752 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 42210752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 293 586 1,172 2,251 2,344 4,502 4,688 9,004 9,376 18,008 18,752 36,016 72,032 144,064 659,543 1,319,086 2,638,172 5,276,344 10,552,688 21,105,376 and 42,210,752, with no remainder.

Since 42,210,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,210,752, 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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