Q: Is 42,310,432 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,310,432 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,310,432 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 42310432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 23 32 46 92 184 368 736 57,487 114,974 229,948 459,896 919,792 1,322,201 1,839,584 2,644,402 5,288,804 10,577,608 21,155,216 and 42,310,432, with no remainder.

Since 42,310,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,310,432, 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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