Q: Is 42,350,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,350,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,350,424 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 42350424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 109 218 327 436 654 872 1,308 2,616 16,189 32,378 48,567 64,756 97,134 129,512 194,268 388,536 1,764,601 3,529,202 5,293,803 7,058,404 10,587,606 14,116,808 21,175,212 and 42,350,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,350,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,350,424, 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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