Q: Is 42,337,368 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,337,368 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,337,368 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 42337368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 588,019 1,176,038 1,764,057 2,352,076 3,528,114 4,704,152 5,292,171 7,056,228 10,584,342 14,112,456 21,168,684 and 42,337,368, with no remainder.

Since 42,337,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,337,368, 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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