Q: Is 42,373,002 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,373,002 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,373,002 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 42373002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 19 21 29 38 42 57 58 87 114 133 174 203 266 399 406 551 609 798 1,102 1,218 1,653 1,831 3,306 3,662 3,857 5,493 7,714 10,986 11,571 12,817 23,142 25,634 34,789 38,451 53,099 69,578 76,902 104,367 106,198 159,297 208,734 243,523 318,594 371,693 487,046 730,569 743,386 1,008,881 1,115,079 1,461,138 2,017,762 2,230,158 3,026,643 6,053,286 7,062,167 14,124,334 21,186,501 and 42,373,002, with no remainder.

Since 42,373,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,373,002, 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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