Q: Is 42,405,308 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,405,308 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,405,308 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 42405308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 29 44 58 116 167 199 319 334 398 638 668 796 1,276 1,837 2,189 3,674 4,378 4,843 5,771 7,348 8,756 9,686 11,542 19,372 23,084 33,233 53,273 63,481 66,466 106,546 126,962 132,932 213,092 253,924 365,563 731,126 963,757 1,462,252 1,927,514 3,855,028 10,601,327 21,202,654 and 42,405,308, with no remainder.

Since 42,405,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,405,308, 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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