Q: Is 42,441,237 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,441,237 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,441,237 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 42441237 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 59 177 257 311 531 771 933 2,313 2,799 15,163 18,349 45,489 55,047 79,927 136,467 165,141 239,781 719,343 4,715,693 14,147,079 and 42,441,237, with no remainder.

Since 42,441,237 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,441,237, 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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