Q: Is 42,232,452 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,232,452 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,232,452 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 42232452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 79 158 237 316 474 948 44,549 89,098 133,647 178,196 267,294 534,588 3,519,371 7,038,742 10,558,113 14,077,484 21,116,226 and 42,232,452, with no remainder.

Since 42,232,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,232,452, 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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