Q: Is 42,406,488 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,406,488 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,406,488 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 42406488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 421 842 1,263 1,399 1,684 2,526 2,798 3,368 3,789 4,197 5,052 5,596 7,578 8,394 10,104 11,192 12,591 15,156 16,788 25,182 30,312 33,576 50,364 100,728 588,979 1,177,958 1,766,937 2,355,916 3,533,874 4,711,832 5,300,811 7,067,748 10,601,622 14,135,496 21,203,244 and 42,406,488, with no remainder.

Since 42,406,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,406,488, 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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