Q: Is 42,363,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,363,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,363,402 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 42363402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 61 122 183 283 366 409 566 818 849 1,227 1,698 2,454 17,263 24,949 34,526 49,898 51,789 74,847 103,578 115,747 149,694 231,494 347,241 694,482 7,060,567 14,121,134 21,181,701 and 42,363,402, with no remainder.

Since 42,363,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,363,402, 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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