Q: Is 42,212,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,212,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,212,502 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 42212502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 81 162 243 486 86,857 173,714 260,571 521,142 781,713 1,563,426 2,345,139 4,690,278 7,035,417 14,070,834 21,106,251 and 42,212,502, with no remainder.

Since 42,212,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,212,502, 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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