Q: Is 42,335,215 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,335,215 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,335,215 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 42335215 can be evenly divided by 1 5 13 29 37 65 145 185 377 481 607 1,073 1,885 2,405 3,035 5,365 7,891 13,949 17,603 22,459 39,455 69,745 88,015 112,295 228,839 291,967 651,311 1,144,195 1,459,835 3,256,555 8,467,043 and 42,335,215, with no remainder.

Since 42,335,215 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,335,215, 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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