Q: Is 42,385,712 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,385,712 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,385,712 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 42385712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 79 158 316 632 1,264 33,533 67,066 134,132 268,264 536,528 2,649,107 5,298,214 10,596,428 21,192,856 and 42,385,712, with no remainder.

Since 42,385,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,385,712, 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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