Q: Is 42,331,136 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,331,136 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,331,136 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 42331136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 67 128 134 256 268 512 536 617 1,024 1,072 1,234 2,144 2,468 4,288 4,936 8,576 9,872 17,152 19,744 34,304 39,488 41,339 68,608 78,976 82,678 157,952 165,356 315,904 330,712 631,808 661,424 1,322,848 2,645,696 5,291,392 10,582,784 21,165,568 and 42,331,136, with no remainder.

Since 42,331,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,331,136, 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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