Q: Is 42,232,068 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,232,068 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,232,068 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 42232068 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 173 346 519 692 1,038 1,557 2,076 3,114 6,228 6,781 13,562 20,343 27,124 40,686 61,029 81,372 122,058 244,116 1,173,113 2,346,226 3,519,339 4,692,452 7,038,678 10,558,017 14,077,356 21,116,034 and 42,232,068, with no remainder.

Since 42,232,068 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,232,068, 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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