Q: Is 42,423,304 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,423,304 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,423,304 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 42423304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 61 77 88 122 154 244 308 427 488 616 671 854 1,129 1,342 1,708 2,258 2,684 3,416 4,516 4,697 5,368 7,903 9,032 9,394 12,419 15,806 18,788 24,838 31,612 37,576 49,676 63,224 68,869 86,933 99,352 137,738 173,866 275,476 347,732 482,083 550,952 695,464 757,559 964,166 1,515,118 1,928,332 3,030,236 3,856,664 5,302,913 6,060,472 10,605,826 21,211,652 and 42,423,304, with no remainder.

Since 42,423,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,423,304, 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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