Q: Is 42,467,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,467,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,467,424 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 42467424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 277 554 831 1,108 1,597 1,662 2,216 3,194 3,324 4,432 4,791 6,388 6,648 8,864 9,582 12,776 13,296 19,164 25,552 26,592 38,328 51,104 76,656 153,312 442,369 884,738 1,327,107 1,769,476 2,654,214 3,538,952 5,308,428 7,077,904 10,616,856 14,155,808 21,233,712 and 42,467,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,467,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,467,424, 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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