Q: Is 42,398,644 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,398,644 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,398,644 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 42398644 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 71 142 284 337 443 674 886 1,348 1,772 23,927 31,453 47,854 62,906 95,708 125,812 149,291 298,582 597,164 10,599,661 21,199,322 and 42,398,644, with no remainder.

Since 42,398,644 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,398,644, 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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