Q: Is 42,275,408 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,275,408 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,275,408 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 42275408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 112 377,459 754,918 1,509,836 2,642,213 3,019,672 5,284,426 6,039,344 10,568,852 21,137,704 and 42,275,408, with no remainder.

Since 42,275,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,275,408, 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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