Q: Is 42,231,178 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,231,178 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,231,178 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 42231178 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 22 109 121 218 242 1,199 1,601 2,398 3,202 13,189 17,611 26,378 35,222 174,509 193,721 349,018 387,442 1,919,599 3,839,198 21,115,589 and 42,231,178, with no remainder.

Since 42,231,178 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,231,178, 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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