Q: Is 42,413,462 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,413,462 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,413,462 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 42413462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 13 14 26 53 91 106 182 371 689 742 1,378 4,397 4,823 8,794 9,646 30,779 57,161 61,558 114,322 233,041 400,127 466,082 800,254 1,631,287 3,029,533 3,262,574 6,059,066 21,206,731 and 42,413,462, with no remainder.

Since 42,413,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,413,462, 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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