Q: Is 42,236,616 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,236,616 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,236,616 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 42236616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 631 1,262 1,893 2,524 2,789 3,786 5,048 5,578 7,572 8,367 11,156 15,144 16,734 22,312 33,468 66,936 1,759,859 3,519,718 5,279,577 7,039,436 10,559,154 14,078,872 21,118,308 and 42,236,616, with no remainder.

Since 42,236,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,236,616, 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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