Q: Is 42,504,216 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,504,216 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,504,216 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 42504216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 19 24 34 38 51 57 68 76 102 114 136 152 204 228 323 408 456 646 969 1,292 1,938 2,584 3,876 5,483 7,752 10,966 16,449 21,932 32,898 43,864 65,796 93,211 104,177 131,592 186,422 208,354 279,633 312,531 372,844 416,708 559,266 625,062 745,688 833,416 1,118,532 1,250,124 1,771,009 2,237,064 2,500,248 3,542,018 5,313,027 7,084,036 10,626,054 14,168,072 21,252,108 and 42,504,216, with no remainder.

Since 42,504,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,504,216, it is not a prime number.


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