Q: Is 42,234,164 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,234,164 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,234,164 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 42234164 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 23 28 46 92 161 322 644 65,581 131,162 262,324 459,067 918,134 1,508,363 1,836,268 3,016,726 6,033,452 10,558,541 21,117,082 and 42,234,164, with no remainder.

Since 42,234,164 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,234,164, 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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