Q: Is 42,334,434 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,334,434 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,334,434 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 42334434 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 127 254 381 762 1,143 2,286 3,429 6,173 6,858 12,346 18,519 37,038 55,557 111,114 166,671 333,342 783,971 1,567,942 2,351,913 4,703,826 7,055,739 14,111,478 21,167,217 and 42,334,434, with no remainder.

Since 42,334,434 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,334,434, 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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