Q: Is 42,441,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,441,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,441,012 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 42441012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 79 158 237 316 474 711 948 1,422 2,844 14,923 29,846 44,769 59,692 89,538 134,307 179,076 268,614 537,228 1,178,917 2,357,834 3,536,751 4,715,668 7,073,502 10,610,253 14,147,004 21,220,506 and 42,441,012, with no remainder.

Since 42,441,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,441,012, 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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