Q: Is 42,233,052 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,233,052 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,233,052 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 42233052 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 43 86 129 172 258 516 81,847 163,694 245,541 327,388 491,082 982,164 3,519,421 7,038,842 10,558,263 14,077,684 21,116,526 and 42,233,052, with no remainder.

Since 42,233,052 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,233,052, 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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