Q: Is 42,331,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,331,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,331,000 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 42331000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 125 200 250 500 1,000 42,331 84,662 169,324 211,655 338,648 423,310 846,620 1,058,275 1,693,240 2,116,550 4,233,100 5,291,375 8,466,200 10,582,750 21,165,500 and 42,331,000, with no remainder.

Since 42,331,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,331,000, 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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