Q: Is 42,345,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,345,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,345,248 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 42345248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 44 88 176 352 120,299 240,598 481,196 962,392 1,323,289 1,924,784 2,646,578 3,849,568 5,293,156 10,586,312 21,172,624 and 42,345,248, with no remainder.

Since 42,345,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,345,248, 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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