Q: Is 42,341,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,341,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,341,424 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 42341424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 19 24 34 38 48 51 57 68 76 102 114 136 152 204 228 272 304 323 408 456 646 816 912 969 1,292 1,938 2,584 2,731 3,876 5,168 5,462 7,752 8,193 10,924 15,504 16,386 21,848 32,772 43,696 46,427 51,889 65,544 92,854 103,778 131,088 139,281 155,667 185,708 207,556 278,562 311,334 371,416 415,112 557,124 622,668 742,832 830,224 882,113 1,114,248 1,245,336 1,764,226 2,228,496 2,490,672 2,646,339 3,528,452 5,292,678 7,056,904 10,585,356 14,113,808 21,170,712 and 42,341,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,341,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,341,424, 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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