Q: Is 42,334,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,334,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,334,072 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 42334072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 88 307 614 1,228 1,567 2,456 3,134 3,377 6,268 6,754 12,536 13,508 17,237 27,016 34,474 68,948 137,896 481,069 962,138 1,924,276 3,848,552 5,291,759 10,583,518 21,167,036 and 42,334,072, with no remainder.

Since 42,334,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,334,072, 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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