Q: Is 42,442,542 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,442,542 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,442,542 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 42442542 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 19 27 38 54 57 81 114 162 171 342 513 1,026 1,539 3,078 13,789 27,578 41,367 82,734 124,101 248,202 261,991 372,303 523,982 744,606 785,973 1,116,909 1,571,946 2,233,818 2,357,919 4,715,838 7,073,757 14,147,514 21,221,271 and 42,442,542, with no remainder.

Since 42,442,542 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,442,542, 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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