Q: Is 42,321,224 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,321,224 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,321,224 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 42321224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 88 593 811 1,186 1,622 2,372 3,244 4,744 6,488 6,523 8,921 13,046 17,842 26,092 35,684 52,184 71,368 480,923 961,846 1,923,692 3,847,384 5,290,153 10,580,306 21,160,612 and 42,321,224, with no remainder.

Since 42,321,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,321,224, 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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