Q: Is 42,425,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,425,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,425,012 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 42425012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 59 61 118 122 236 244 413 421 427 826 842 854 1,652 1,684 1,708 2,947 3,599 5,894 7,198 11,788 14,396 24,839 25,193 25,681 49,678 50,386 51,362 99,356 100,772 102,724 173,873 179,767 347,746 359,534 695,492 719,068 1,515,179 3,030,358 6,060,716 10,606,253 21,212,506 and 42,425,012, with no remainder.

Since 42,425,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,425,012, 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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