Q: Is 42,321,132 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,321,132 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,321,132 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 42321132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 19 21 28 36 38 42 57 63 76 84 114 126 133 171 228 252 266 342 399 532 684 798 1,197 1,596 2,394 4,788 8,839 17,678 26,517 35,356 53,034 61,873 79,551 106,068 123,746 159,102 167,941 185,619 247,492 318,204 335,882 371,238 503,823 556,857 671,764 742,476 1,007,646 1,113,714 1,175,587 1,511,469 2,015,292 2,227,428 2,351,174 3,022,938 3,526,761 4,702,348 6,045,876 7,053,522 10,580,283 14,107,044 21,160,566 and 42,321,132, with no remainder.

Since 42,321,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,321,132, 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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