Q: Is 42,405,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,405,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,405,504 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 42405504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 192 384 110,431 220,862 331,293 441,724 662,586 883,448 1,325,172 1,766,896 2,650,344 3,533,792 5,300,688 7,067,584 10,601,376 14,135,168 21,202,752 and 42,405,504, with no remainder.

Since 42,405,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,405,504, 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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