Q: Is 42,215,328 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,215,328 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,215,328 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 42215328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 288 146,581 293,162 439,743 586,324 879,486 1,172,648 1,319,229 1,758,972 2,345,296 2,638,458 3,517,944 4,690,592 5,276,916 7,035,888 10,553,832 14,071,776 21,107,664 and 42,215,328, with no remainder.

Since 42,215,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,215,328, 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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