Q: Is 42,455,324 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,455,324 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,455,324 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 42455324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 17 34 68 421 842 1,483 1,684 2,966 5,932 7,157 14,314 25,211 28,628 50,422 100,844 624,343 1,248,686 2,497,372 10,613,831 21,227,662 and 42,455,324, with no remainder.

Since 42,455,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,455,324, 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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