Q: Is 42,343,332 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,343,332 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,343,332 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 42343332 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 359 718 1,077 1,436 2,154 4,308 9,829 19,658 29,487 39,316 58,974 117,948 3,528,611 7,057,222 10,585,833 14,114,444 21,171,666 and 42,343,332, with no remainder.

Since 42,343,332 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,343,332, 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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