Q: Is 42,433,434 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,433,434 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,433,434 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 42433434 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 71 142 213 426 639 1,278 33,203 66,406 99,609 199,218 298,827 597,654 2,357,413 4,714,826 7,072,239 14,144,478 21,216,717 and 42,433,434, with no remainder.

Since 42,433,434 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,433,434, 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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