Q: Is 42,215,052 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,215,052 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,215,052 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 42215052 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 66 132 319,811 639,622 959,433 1,279,244 1,918,866 3,517,921 3,837,732 7,035,842 10,553,763 14,071,684 21,107,526 and 42,215,052, with no remainder.

Since 42,215,052 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,215,052, 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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