Q: Is 42,212,346 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,212,346 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,212,346 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 42212346 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 33 66 173 346 519 1,038 1,903 3,697 3,806 5,709 7,394 11,091 11,418 22,182 40,667 81,334 122,001 244,002 639,581 1,279,162 1,918,743 3,837,486 7,035,391 14,070,782 21,106,173 and 42,212,346, with no remainder.

Since 42,212,346 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,212,346, 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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