Q: Is 42,300,524 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,300,524 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,300,524 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 42300524 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 49 98 107 196 214 428 749 1,498 2,017 2,996 4,034 5,243 8,068 10,486 14,119 20,972 28,238 56,476 98,833 197,666 215,819 395,332 431,638 863,276 1,510,733 3,021,466 6,042,932 10,575,131 21,150,262 and 42,300,524, with no remainder.

Since 42,300,524 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,300,524, 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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