Q: Is 42,386,218 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,386,218 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,386,218 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 42386218 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 43 86 181 301 362 389 602 778 1,267 2,534 2,723 5,446 7,783 15,566 16,727 33,454 54,481 70,409 108,962 117,089 140,818 234,178 492,863 985,726 3,027,587 6,055,174 21,193,109 and 42,386,218, with no remainder.

Since 42,386,218 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,386,218, 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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