Q: Is 42,230,742 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,230,742 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,230,742 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 42230742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 31 62 93 109 186 218 327 654 2,083 3,379 4,166 6,249 6,758 10,137 12,498 20,274 64,573 129,146 193,719 227,047 387,438 454,094 681,141 1,362,282 7,038,457 14,076,914 21,115,371 and 42,230,742, with no remainder.

Since 42,230,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,230,742, 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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