Q: Is 42,403,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,403,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,403,424 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 42403424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 49 56 98 112 196 224 392 784 1,568 27,043 54,086 108,172 189,301 216,344 378,602 432,688 757,204 865,376 1,325,107 1,514,408 2,650,214 3,028,816 5,300,428 6,057,632 10,600,856 21,201,712 and 42,403,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,403,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,403,424, 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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