Q: Is 42,401,422 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,401,422 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,401,422 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 42401422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 29 58 181 203 362 406 577 1,154 1,267 2,534 4,039 5,249 8,078 10,498 16,733 33,466 36,743 73,486 104,437 117,131 208,874 234,262 731,059 1,462,118 3,028,673 6,057,346 21,200,711 and 42,401,422, with no remainder.

Since 42,401,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,401,422, 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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