Q: Is 42,342,052 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,342,052 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,342,052 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 42342052 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 61 97 122 194 244 388 1,789 3,578 5,917 7,156 11,834 23,668 109,129 173,533 218,258 347,066 436,516 694,132 10,585,513 21,171,026 and 42,342,052, with no remainder.

Since 42,342,052 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,342,052, 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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