Q: Is 42,344,292 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,344,292 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,344,292 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 42344292 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 29 58 87 116 174 271 348 449 542 813 898 1,084 1,347 1,626 1,796 2,694 3,252 5,388 7,859 13,021 15,718 23,577 26,042 31,436 39,063 47,154 52,084 78,126 94,308 121,679 156,252 243,358 365,037 486,716 730,074 1,460,148 3,528,691 7,057,382 10,586,073 14,114,764 21,172,146 and 42,344,292, with no remainder.

Since 42,344,292 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,344,292, 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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