Q: Is 42,334,641 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,334,641 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,334,641 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 42334641 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 17 19 51 57 153 171 323 969 2,907 14,563 43,689 131,067 247,571 276,697 742,713 830,091 2,228,139 2,490,273 4,703,849 14,111,547 and 42,334,641, with no remainder.

Since 42,334,641 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,334,641, 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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