Q: Is 42,405,378 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,405,378 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,405,378 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 42405378 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 19 34 38 51 57 102 114 323 646 969 1,938 21,881 43,762 65,643 131,286 371,977 415,739 743,954 831,478 1,115,931 1,247,217 2,231,862 2,494,434 7,067,563 14,135,126 21,202,689 and 42,405,378, with no remainder.

Since 42,405,378 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,405,378, 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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