Q: Is 42,405,224 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,405,224 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,405,224 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 42405224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 43 86 131 172 262 344 524 941 1,048 1,882 3,764 5,633 7,528 11,266 22,532 40,463 45,064 80,926 123,271 161,852 246,542 323,704 493,084 986,168 5,300,653 10,601,306 21,202,612 and 42,405,224, with no remainder.

Since 42,405,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,405,224, 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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