Q: Is 42,301,224 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,301,224 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,301,224 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 42301224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 101 108 126 168 189 202 216 252 277 303 378 404 504 554 606 707 756 808 831 909 1,108 1,212 1,414 1,512 1,662 1,818 1,939 2,121 2,216 2,424 2,493 2,727 2,828 3,324 3,636 3,878 4,242 4,986 5,454 5,656 5,817 6,363 6,648 7,272 7,479 7,756 8,484 9,972 10,908 11,634 12,726 14,958 15,512 16,968 17,451 19,089 19,944 21,816 23,268 25,452 27,977 29,916 34,902 38,178 46,536 50,904 52,353 55,954 59,832 69,804 76,356 83,931 104,706 111,908 139,608 152,712 167,862 195,839 209,412 223,816 251,793 335,724 391,678 418,824 503,586 587,517 671,448 755,379 783,356 1,007,172 1,175,034 1,510,758 1,566,712 1,762,551 2,014,344 2,350,068 3,021,516 3,525,102 4,700,136 5,287,653 6,043,032 7,050,204 10,575,306 14,100,408 21,150,612 and 42,301,224, with no remainder.

Since 42,301,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,301,224, 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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