Q: Is 42,335,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,335,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,335,504 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 42335504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 239 478 956 1,912 3,824 11,071 22,142 44,284 88,568 177,136 2,645,969 5,291,938 10,583,876 21,167,752 and 42,335,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,335,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,335,504, 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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