Q: Is 42,225,624 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,225,624 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,225,624 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 42225624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 29 36 42 54 56 58 63 72 81 84 87 107 108 116 126 162 168 174 189 203 214 216 232 243 252 261 321 324 348 378 406 428 486 504 522 567 609 642 648 696 749 756 783 812 856 963 972 1,044 1,134 1,218 1,284 1,498 1,512 1,566 1,624 1,701 1,827 1,926 1,944 2,088 2,247 2,268 2,349 2,436 2,568 2,889 2,996 3,103 3,132 3,402 3,654 3,852 4,494 4,536 4,698 4,872 5,481 5,778 5,992 6,206 6,264 6,741 6,804 7,047 7,308 7,704 8,667 8,988 9,309 9,396 10,962 11,556 12,412 13,482 13,608 14,094 14,616 16,443 17,334 17,976 18,618 18,792 20,223 21,721 21,924 23,112 24,824 26,001 26,964 27,927 28,188 32,886 34,668 37,236 40,446 43,442 43,848 49,329 52,002 53,928 55,854 56,376 60,669 65,163 65,772 69,336 74,472 80,892 83,781 86,884 98,658 104,004 111,708 121,338 130,326 131,544 161,784 167,562 173,768 182,007 195,489 197,316 208,008 223,416 242,676 251,343 260,652 335,124 364,014 390,978 394,632 485,352 502,686 521,304 586,467 670,248 728,028 754,029 781,956 1,005,372 1,172,934 1,456,056 1,508,058 1,563,912 1,759,401 2,010,744 2,345,868 3,016,116 3,518,802 4,691,736 5,278,203 6,032,232 7,037,604 10,556,406 14,075,208 21,112,812 and 42,225,624, with no remainder.

Since 42,225,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,225,624, it is not a prime number.


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