Q: Is 42,224,623 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,224,623 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,224,623 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 42224623 can be evenly divided by 1 7 49 53 71 229 371 497 1,603 2,597 3,479 3,763 11,221 12,137 16,259 26,341 84,959 113,813 184,387 594,713 796,691 861,727 6,032,089 and 42,224,623, with no remainder.

Since 42,224,623 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,224,623, 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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