Q: Is 42,426,664 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,426,664 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,426,664 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 42426664 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 59 118 236 413 472 826 1,652 3,304 12,841 25,682 51,364 89,887 102,728 179,774 359,548 719,096 757,619 1,515,238 3,030,476 5,303,333 6,060,952 10,606,666 21,213,332 and 42,426,664, with no remainder.

Since 42,426,664 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,426,664, 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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