Q: Is 42,213,536 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,213,536 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,213,536 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 42213536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 137 274 548 1,096 2,192 4,384 9,629 19,258 38,516 77,032 154,064 308,128 1,319,173 2,638,346 5,276,692 10,553,384 21,106,768 and 42,213,536, with no remainder.

Since 42,213,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,213,536, 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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