Q: Is 42,231,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,231,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,231,402 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 42231402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 107 214 321 642 963 1,926 2,889 5,778 7,309 14,618 21,927 43,854 65,781 131,562 197,343 394,686 782,063 1,564,126 2,346,189 4,692,378 7,038,567 14,077,134 21,115,701 and 42,231,402, with no remainder.

Since 42,231,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,231,402, 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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