Q: Is 42,453,024 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,453,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,453,024 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 42453024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 163 326 489 652 978 1,304 1,956 2,608 2,713 3,912 5,216 5,426 7,824 8,139 10,852 15,648 16,278 21,704 32,556 43,408 65,112 86,816 130,224 260,448 442,219 884,438 1,326,657 1,768,876 2,653,314 3,537,752 5,306,628 7,075,504 10,613,256 14,151,008 21,226,512 and 42,453,024, with no remainder.

Since 42,453,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,453,024, 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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