Q: Is 42,346 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,346 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,346 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 42346 can be evenly divided by 1 2 31 62 683 1,366 21,173 and 42,346, with no remainder.

Since 42,346 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,346, it is not a prime number.


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Number 42,34442,34542,34742,348
Prime? nononono
  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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