Q: Is 42,394,974 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,394,974 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,394,974 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 42394974 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 102 227 454 681 1,362 1,831 3,662 3,859 5,493 7,718 10,986 11,577 23,154 31,127 62,254 93,381 186,762 415,637 831,274 1,246,911 2,493,822 7,065,829 14,131,658 21,197,487 and 42,394,974, with no remainder.

Since 42,394,974 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,394,974, 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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