Q: Is 42,245,434 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,245,434 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,245,434 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 42245434 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 11 14 22 23 46 77 154 161 253 322 506 1,771 3,542 11,927 23,854 83,489 131,197 166,978 262,394 274,321 548,642 918,379 1,836,758 1,920,247 3,017,531 3,840,494 6,035,062 21,122,717 and 42,245,434, with no remainder.

Since 42,245,434 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,245,434, 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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