Q: Is 42,231,176 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,231,176 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,231,176 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 42231176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 31 52 62 104 124 248 403 806 1,612 3,224 13,099 26,198 52,396 104,792 170,287 340,574 406,069 681,148 812,138 1,362,296 1,624,276 3,248,552 5,278,897 10,557,794 21,115,588 and 42,231,176, with no remainder.

Since 42,231,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,231,176, 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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