Q: Is 42,345,216 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,345,216 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,345,216 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 42345216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 384 576 768 1,152 2,304 18,379 36,758 55,137 73,516 110,274 147,032 165,411 220,548 294,064 330,822 441,096 588,128 661,644 882,192 1,176,256 1,323,288 1,764,384 2,352,512 2,646,576 3,528,768 4,705,024 5,293,152 7,057,536 10,586,304 14,115,072 21,172,608 and 42,345,216, with no remainder.

Since 42,345,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,345,216, 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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