Q: Is 42,422,562 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,422,562 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,422,562 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 42422562 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 27 39 42 54 63 78 89 91 97 117 126 178 182 189 194 234 267 273 291 351 378 534 546 582 623 679 702 801 819 873 1,157 1,246 1,261 1,358 1,602 1,638 1,746 1,869 2,037 2,314 2,403 2,457 2,522 2,619 3,471 3,738 3,783 4,074 4,806 4,914 5,238 5,607 6,111 6,942 7,566 8,099 8,633 8,827 10,413 11,214 11,349 12,222 16,198 16,821 17,266 17,654 18,333 20,826 22,698 24,297 25,899 26,481 31,239 33,642 34,047 36,666 48,594 51,798 52,962 60,431 62,478 68,094 72,891 77,697 79,443 112,229 120,862 145,782 155,394 158,886 181,293 218,673 224,458 233,091 238,329 336,687 362,586 437,346 466,182 476,658 543,879 673,374 785,603 1,010,061 1,087,758 1,571,206 1,631,637 2,020,122 2,356,809 3,030,183 3,263,274 4,713,618 6,060,366 7,070,427 14,140,854 21,211,281 and 42,422,562, with no remainder.

Since 42,422,562 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,422,562, 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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