Q: Is 42,385,376 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,385,376 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,385,376 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 42385376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 44 88 176 352 120,413 240,826 481,652 963,304 1,324,543 1,926,608 2,649,086 3,853,216 5,298,172 10,596,344 21,192,688 and 42,385,376, with no remainder.

Since 42,385,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,385,376, 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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