Q: Is 42,373,474 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,373,474 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,373,474 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 42373474 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 13 22 26 121 143 242 286 1,573 3,146 13,469 26,938 148,159 175,097 296,318 350,194 1,629,749 1,926,067 3,259,498 3,852,134 21,186,737 and 42,373,474, with no remainder.

Since 42,373,474 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,373,474, 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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