Q: Is 42,400,124 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,400,124 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,400,124 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 42400124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 52 61 122 244 793 1,586 3,172 13,367 26,734 53,468 173,771 347,542 695,084 815,387 1,630,774 3,261,548 10,600,031 21,200,062 and 42,400,124, with no remainder.

Since 42,400,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,400,124, 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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