Q: Is 42,284,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,284,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,284,488 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 42284488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 23 37 46 74 92 148 184 296 851 1,702 3,404 6,211 6,808 12,422 24,844 49,688 142,853 229,807 285,706 459,614 571,412 919,228 1,142,824 1,838,456 5,285,561 10,571,122 21,142,244 and 42,284,488, with no remainder.

Since 42,284,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,284,488, 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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