Q: Is 42,374,322 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,374,322 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,374,322 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 42374322 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 83 113 166 226 249 251 339 498 502 678 747 753 1,017 1,494 1,506 2,034 2,259 4,518 9,379 18,758 20,833 28,137 28,363 41,666 56,274 56,726 62,499 84,411 85,089 124,998 168,822 170,178 187,497 255,267 374,994 510,534 2,354,129 4,708,258 7,062,387 14,124,774 21,187,161 and 42,374,322, with no remainder.

Since 42,374,322 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,374,322, 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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