Q: Is 42,324,432 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,324,432 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,324,432 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 42324432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 48 503 1,006 1,509 1,753 2,012 3,018 3,506 4,024 5,259 6,036 7,012 8,048 10,518 12,072 14,024 21,036 24,144 28,048 42,072 84,144 881,759 1,763,518 2,645,277 3,527,036 5,290,554 7,054,072 10,581,108 14,108,144 21,162,216 and 42,324,432, with no remainder.

Since 42,324,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,324,432, 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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