Q: Is 42,323,428 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,323,428 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,323,428 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 42323428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 97 194 388 679 1,358 2,716 15,583 31,166 62,332 109,081 218,162 436,324 1,511,551 3,023,102 6,046,204 10,580,857 21,161,714 and 42,323,428, with no remainder.

Since 42,323,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,323,428, 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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