Q: Is 42,447,292 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,447,292 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,447,292 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 42447292 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 19 38 76 211 422 844 2,647 4,009 5,294 8,018 10,588 16,036 50,293 100,586 201,172 558,517 1,117,034 2,234,068 10,611,823 21,223,646 and 42,447,292, with no remainder.

Since 42,447,292 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,447,292, 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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