Q: Is 42,246,342 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,246,342 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,246,342 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 42246342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 89 178 267 534 801 1,602 26,371 52,742 79,113 158,226 237,339 474,678 2,347,019 4,694,038 7,041,057 14,082,114 21,123,171 and 42,246,342, with no remainder.

Since 42,246,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,246,342, it is not a prime number.


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Prime? nononono
  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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