Q: Is 42,343,532 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,343,532 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,343,532 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 42343532 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 17 22 28 34 44 68 77 119 154 187 238 308 374 476 748 1,309 2,618 5,236 8,087 16,174 32,348 56,609 88,957 113,218 137,479 177,914 226,436 274,958 355,828 549,916 622,699 962,353 1,245,398 1,512,269 1,924,706 2,490,796 3,024,538 3,849,412 6,049,076 10,585,883 21,171,766 and 42,343,532, with no remainder.

Since 42,343,532 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,343,532, 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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