Q: Is 42,215,096 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,215,096 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,215,096 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 42215096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 77 88 154 308 616 68,531 137,062 274,124 479,717 548,248 753,841 959,434 1,507,682 1,918,868 3,015,364 3,837,736 5,276,887 6,030,728 10,553,774 21,107,548 and 42,215,096, with no remainder.

Since 42,215,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,215,096, 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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