Q: Is 42,211,552 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,211,552 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,211,552 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 42211552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 43 86 172 344 688 1,376 30,677 61,354 122,708 245,416 490,832 981,664 1,319,111 2,638,222 5,276,444 10,552,888 21,105,776 and 42,211,552, with no remainder.

Since 42,211,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,211,552, 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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