Q: Is 42,232,267 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,232,267 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,232,267 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 42232267 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 17 49 77 119 121 187 419 539 833 847 1,309 2,057 2,933 4,609 5,929 7,123 9,163 14,399 20,531 32,263 49,861 50,699 78,353 100,793 225,841 349,027 354,893 548,471 861,883 2,484,251 3,839,297 6,033,181 and 42,232,267, with no remainder.

Since 42,232,267 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,232,267, 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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