Q: Is 42,245,918 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,245,918 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,245,918 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 42245918 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 13 17 22 26 34 143 187 221 286 374 442 2,431 4,862 8,689 17,378 95,579 112,957 147,713 191,158 225,914 295,426 1,242,527 1,624,843 1,920,269 2,485,054 3,249,686 3,840,538 21,122,959 and 42,245,918, with no remainder.

Since 42,245,918 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,245,918, 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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