Q: Is 42,400,104 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,400,104 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,400,104 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 42400104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 1,201 1,471 2,402 2,942 3,603 4,413 4,804 5,884 7,206 8,826 9,608 11,768 14,412 17,652 28,824 35,304 1,766,671 3,533,342 5,300,013 7,066,684 10,600,026 14,133,368 21,200,052 and 42,400,104, with no remainder.

Since 42,400,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,400,104, 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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