Q: Is 42,267,357 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,267,357 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,267,357 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 42267357 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 33 37 99 111 121 333 363 407 1,049 1,089 1,221 3,147 3,663 4,477 9,441 11,539 13,431 34,617 38,813 40,293 103,851 116,439 126,929 349,317 380,787 426,943 1,142,361 1,280,829 3,842,487 4,696,373 14,089,119 and 42,267,357, with no remainder.

Since 42,267,357 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,267,357, 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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