Q: Is 42,351,003 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,351,003 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,351,003 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 42351003 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 71 191 213 347 573 639 1,041 1,719 3,123 13,561 24,637 40,683 66,277 73,911 122,049 198,831 221,733 596,493 4,705,667 14,117,001 and 42,351,003, with no remainder.

Since 42,351,003 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,351,003, 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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