Q: Is 42,331,116 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,331,116 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,331,116 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 42331116 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 1,307 2,614 2,699 3,921 5,228 5,398 7,842 8,097 10,796 15,684 16,194 32,388 3,527,593 7,055,186 10,582,779 14,110,372 21,165,558 and 42,331,116, with no remainder.

Since 42,331,116 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,331,116, 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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