Q: Is 42,287,004 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,287,004 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,287,004 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 42287004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 37 53 74 106 111 148 159 212 222 318 333 444 477 599 636 666 954 1,198 1,332 1,797 1,908 1,961 2,396 3,594 3,922 5,391 5,883 7,188 7,844 10,782 11,766 17,649 21,564 22,163 23,532 31,747 35,298 44,326 63,494 66,489 70,596 88,652 95,241 126,988 132,978 190,482 199,467 265,956 285,723 380,964 398,934 571,446 797,868 1,142,892 1,174,639 2,349,278 3,523,917 4,698,556 7,047,834 10,571,751 14,095,668 21,143,502 and 42,287,004, with no remainder.

Since 42,287,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,287,004, 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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