Q: Is 42,421,212 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,421,212 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,421,212 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 42421212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 101 108 202 303 404 606 909 1,212 1,818 2,727 3,636 3,889 5,454 7,778 10,908 11,667 15,556 23,334 35,001 46,668 70,002 105,003 140,004 210,006 392,789 420,012 785,578 1,178,367 1,571,156 2,356,734 3,535,101 4,713,468 7,070,202 10,605,303 14,140,404 21,210,606 and 42,421,212, with no remainder.

Since 42,421,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,421,212, 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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