Q: Is 42,242,428 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,242,428 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,242,428 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 42242428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 67 134 163 268 326 652 967 1,934 3,868 10,921 21,842 43,684 64,789 129,578 157,621 259,156 315,242 630,484 10,560,607 21,121,214 and 42,242,428, with no remainder.

Since 42,242,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,242,428, 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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