Q: Is 42,242,316 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,242,316 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,242,316 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 42242316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 107 167 197 214 321 334 394 428 501 591 642 668 788 1,002 1,182 1,284 2,004 2,364 17,869 21,079 32,899 35,738 42,158 53,607 63,237 65,798 71,476 84,316 98,697 107,214 126,474 131,596 197,394 214,428 252,948 394,788 3,520,193 7,040,386 10,560,579 14,080,772 21,121,158 and 42,242,316, with no remainder.

Since 42,242,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,242,316, 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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