Q: Is 42,323,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,323,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,323,424 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 42323424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 32 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 96 104 132 143 156 176 208 264 286 312 352 416 429 528 572 624 858 1,056 1,144 1,248 1,716 2,288 3,083 3,432 4,576 6,166 6,864 9,249 12,332 13,728 18,498 24,664 33,913 36,996 40,079 49,328 67,826 73,992 80,158 98,656 101,739 120,237 135,652 147,984 160,316 203,478 240,474 271,304 295,968 320,632 406,956 440,869 480,948 542,608 641,264 813,912 881,738 961,896 1,085,216 1,282,528 1,322,607 1,627,824 1,763,476 1,923,792 2,645,214 3,255,648 3,526,952 3,847,584 5,290,428 7,053,904 10,580,856 14,107,808 21,161,712 and 42,323,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,323,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,323,424, 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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