Q: Is 42,312,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,312,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,312,504 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 42312504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 104 156 312 135,617 271,234 406,851 542,468 813,702 1,084,936 1,627,404 1,763,021 3,254,808 3,526,042 5,289,063 7,052,084 10,578,126 14,104,168 21,156,252 and 42,312,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,312,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,312,504, 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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