Q: Is 42,212,344 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,212,344 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,212,344 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 42212344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 89 101 178 202 356 404 587 712 808 1,174 2,348 4,696 8,989 17,978 35,956 52,243 59,287 71,912 104,486 118,574 208,972 237,148 417,944 474,296 5,276,543 10,553,086 21,106,172 and 42,212,344, with no remainder.

Since 42,212,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,212,344, 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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