Q: Is 42,234,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,234,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,234,504 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 42234504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 104 156 312 135,367 270,734 406,101 541,468 812,202 1,082,936 1,624,404 1,759,771 3,248,808 3,519,542 5,279,313 7,039,084 10,558,626 14,078,168 21,117,252 and 42,234,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,234,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,234,504, 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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