Q: Is 42,231,224 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,231,224 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,231,224 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 42231224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 19 28 38 56 76 133 152 266 361 532 722 1,064 1,444 2,089 2,527 2,888 4,178 5,054 8,356 10,108 14,623 16,712 20,216 29,246 39,691 58,492 79,382 116,984 158,764 277,837 317,528 555,674 754,129 1,111,348 1,508,258 2,222,696 3,016,516 5,278,903 6,033,032 10,557,806 21,115,612 and 42,231,224, with no remainder.

Since 42,231,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,231,224, 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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