Q: Is 42,411,342 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,411,342 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,411,342 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 42411342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 53 106 159 197 318 394 591 677 1,182 1,354 2,031 4,062 10,441 20,882 31,323 35,881 62,646 71,762 107,643 133,369 215,286 266,738 400,107 800,214 7,068,557 14,137,114 21,205,671 and 42,411,342, with no remainder.

Since 42,411,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,411,342, 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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