Q: Is 42,247,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,247,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,247,008 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 42247008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 648 729 864 972 1,296 1,458 1,811 1,944 2,592 2,916 3,622 3,888 5,433 5,832 7,244 7,776 10,866 11,664 14,488 16,299 21,732 23,328 28,976 32,598 43,464 48,897 57,952 65,196 86,928 97,794 130,392 146,691 173,856 195,588 260,784 293,382 391,176 440,073 521,568 586,764 782,352 880,146 1,173,528 1,320,219 1,564,704 1,760,292 2,347,056 2,640,438 3,520,584 4,694,112 5,280,876 7,041,168 10,561,752 14,082,336 21,123,504 and 42,247,008, with no remainder.

Since 42,247,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,247,008, 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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