Q: Is 42,309,684 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,309,684 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,309,684 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 42309684 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 311 622 933 1,244 1,866 2,799 3,732 3,779 5,598 7,558 11,196 11,337 15,116 22,674 34,011 45,348 68,022 136,044 1,175,269 2,350,538 3,525,807 4,701,076 7,051,614 10,577,421 14,103,228 21,154,842 and 42,309,684, with no remainder.

Since 42,309,684 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,309,684, 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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