Q: Is 42,243,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,243,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,243,502 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 42243502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 23 46 127 161 254 322 889 1,033 1,778 2,066 2,921 5,842 7,231 14,462 20,447 23,759 40,894 47,518 131,191 166,313 262,382 332,626 918,337 1,836,674 3,017,393 6,034,786 21,121,751 and 42,243,502, with no remainder.

Since 42,243,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,243,502, 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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