Q: Is 42,300,342 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,300,342 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,300,342 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 42300342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 63 97 126 194 291 582 679 873 1,358 1,746 2,037 3,461 4,074 6,111 6,922 10,383 12,222 20,766 24,227 31,149 48,454 62,298 72,681 145,362 218,043 335,717 436,086 671,434 1,007,151 2,014,302 2,350,019 3,021,453 4,700,038 6,042,906 7,050,057 14,100,114 21,150,171 and 42,300,342, with no remainder.

Since 42,300,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,300,342, 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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