Q: Is 42,402,048 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,402,048 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,402,048 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 42402048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 31 32 39 48 52 62 64 78 93 96 104 124 128 137 156 186 192 208 248 256 274 312 372 384 403 411 416 496 548 624 744 768 806 822 832 992 1,096 1,209 1,248 1,488 1,612 1,644 1,664 1,781 1,984 2,192 2,418 2,496 2,976 3,224 3,288 3,328 3,562 3,968 4,247 4,384 4,836 4,992 5,343 5,952 6,448 6,576 7,124 7,936 8,494 8,768 9,672 9,984 10,686 11,904 12,741 12,896 13,152 14,248 16,988 17,536 19,344 21,372 23,808 25,482 25,792 26,304 28,496 33,976 35,072 38,688 42,744 50,964 51,584 52,608 55,211 56,992 67,952 77,376 85,488 101,928 103,168 105,216 110,422 113,984 135,904 154,752 165,633 170,976 203,856 220,844 227,968 271,808 309,504 331,266 341,952 407,712 441,688 455,936 543,616 662,532 683,904 815,424 883,376 1,087,232 1,325,064 1,367,808 1,630,848 1,766,752 2,650,128 3,261,696 3,533,504 5,300,256 7,067,008 10,600,512 14,134,016 21,201,024 and 42,402,048, with no remainder.

Since 42,402,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,402,048, it is not a prime number.


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