Q: Is 42,240,688 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,240,688 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,240,688 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 42240688 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 112 131 262 524 917 1,048 1,834 2,096 2,879 3,668 5,758 7,336 11,516 14,672 20,153 23,032 40,306 46,064 80,612 161,224 322,448 377,149 754,298 1,508,596 2,640,043 3,017,192 5,280,086 6,034,384 10,560,172 21,120,344 and 42,240,688, with no remainder.

Since 42,240,688 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,240,688, 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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