Q: Is 42,434,224 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,434,224 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,434,224 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 42434224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 112 223 446 892 1,561 1,699 1,784 3,122 3,398 3,568 6,244 6,796 11,893 12,488 13,592 23,786 24,976 27,184 47,572 95,144 190,288 378,877 757,754 1,515,508 2,652,139 3,031,016 5,304,278 6,062,032 10,608,556 21,217,112 and 42,434,224, with no remainder.

Since 42,434,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,434,224, 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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