Q: Is 42,503,214 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,503,214 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,503,214 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 42503214 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 61 78 122 183 366 793 1,586 2,379 4,758 8,933 17,866 26,799 53,598 116,129 232,258 348,387 544,913 696,774 1,089,826 1,634,739 3,269,478 7,083,869 14,167,738 21,251,607 and 42,503,214, with no remainder.

Since 42,503,214 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,503,214, 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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