Q: Is 42,236,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,236,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,236,424 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 42236424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 216 195,539 391,078 586,617 782,156 1,173,234 1,564,312 1,759,851 2,346,468 3,519,702 4,692,936 5,279,553 7,039,404 10,559,106 14,078,808 21,118,212 and 42,236,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,236,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,236,424, 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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