Q: Is 42,460,416 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,460,416 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,460,416 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 42460416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 256 288 384 432 576 768 864 1,152 1,728 2,304 3,456 6,143 6,912 12,286 18,429 24,572 36,858 49,144 55,287 73,716 98,288 110,574 147,432 165,861 196,576 221,148 294,864 331,722 393,152 442,296 589,728 663,444 786,304 884,592 1,179,456 1,326,888 1,572,608 1,769,184 2,358,912 2,653,776 3,538,368 4,717,824 5,307,552 7,076,736 10,615,104 14,153,472 21,230,208 and 42,460,416, with no remainder.

Since 42,460,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,460,416, 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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