Q: Is 42,433,432 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,433,432 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,433,432 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 42433432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 43 86 172 293 344 421 586 842 1,172 1,684 2,344 3,368 12,599 18,103 25,198 36,206 50,396 72,412 100,792 123,353 144,824 246,706 493,412 986,824 5,304,179 10,608,358 21,216,716 and 42,433,432, with no remainder.

Since 42,433,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,433,432, 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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