Q: Is 42,341,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,341,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,341,008 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 42341008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 617 1,234 2,468 4,289 4,936 8,578 9,872 17,156 34,312 68,624 2,646,313 5,292,626 10,585,252 21,170,504 and 42,341,008, with no remainder.

Since 42,341,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,341,008, 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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