Q: Is 42,422,004 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,422,004 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,422,004 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 42422004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 34 36 51 68 102 153 204 306 612 69,317 138,634 207,951 277,268 415,902 623,853 831,804 1,178,389 1,247,706 2,356,778 2,495,412 3,535,167 4,713,556 7,070,334 10,605,501 14,140,668 21,211,002 and 42,422,004, with no remainder.

Since 42,422,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,422,004, 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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