Q: Is 42,234,352 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,234,352 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,234,352 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 42234352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 257 514 1,028 2,056 4,112 10,271 20,542 41,084 82,168 164,336 2,639,647 5,279,294 10,558,588 21,117,176 and 42,234,352, with no remainder.

Since 42,234,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,234,352, 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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