Q: Is 42,351,344 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,351,344 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,351,344 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 42351344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 112 378,137 756,274 1,512,548 2,646,959 3,025,096 5,293,918 6,050,192 10,587,836 21,175,672 and 42,351,344, with no remainder.

Since 42,351,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,351,344, 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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