Q: Is 42,334,335 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,334,335 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,334,335 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 42334335 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 17 45 51 85 153 255 765 55,339 166,017 276,695 498,051 830,085 940,763 2,490,255 2,822,289 4,703,815 8,466,867 14,111,445 and 42,334,335, with no remainder.

Since 42,334,335 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,334,335, 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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