Q: Is 42,231,784 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,231,784 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,231,784 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 42231784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 577 1,154 1,307 2,308 2,614 4,039 4,616 5,228 8,078 9,149 10,456 16,156 18,298 32,312 36,596 73,192 754,139 1,508,278 3,016,556 5,278,973 6,033,112 10,557,946 21,115,892 and 42,231,784, with no remainder.

Since 42,231,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,231,784, 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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