Q: Is 42,334,074 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,334,074 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,334,074 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 42334074 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 109 218 327 654 981 1,962 21,577 43,154 64,731 129,462 194,193 388,386 2,351,893 4,703,786 7,055,679 14,111,358 21,167,037 and 42,334,074, with no remainder.

Since 42,334,074 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,334,074, 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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