Q: Is 42,215,097 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,215,097 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,215,097 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 42215097 can be evenly divided by 1 3 17 23 29 51 69 73 87 219 289 391 493 667 867 1,173 1,241 1,479 1,679 2,001 2,117 3,723 5,037 6,351 6,647 8,381 11,339 19,941 21,097 25,143 28,543 34,017 35,989 48,691 63,291 85,629 107,967 146,073 192,763 485,231 578,289 611,813 827,747 1,455,693 1,835,439 2,483,241 14,071,699 and 42,215,097, with no remainder.

Since 42,215,097 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,215,097, 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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