Q: Is 42,245,916 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,245,916 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,245,916 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 42245916 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 61 122 183 244 366 732 57,713 115,426 173,139 230,852 346,278 692,556 3,520,493 7,040,986 10,561,479 14,081,972 21,122,958 and 42,245,916, with no remainder.

Since 42,245,916 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,245,916, 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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