Q: Is 42,420,234 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,420,234 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,420,234 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 42420234 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 23 46 69 97 138 194 291 582 2,231 3,169 4,462 6,338 6,693 9,507 13,386 19,014 72,887 145,774 218,661 307,393 437,322 614,786 922,179 1,844,358 7,070,039 14,140,078 21,210,117 and 42,420,234, with no remainder.

Since 42,420,234 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,420,234, 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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