Q: Is 42,520,236 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,520,236 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,520,236 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 42520236 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 66 83 132 166 249 332 498 913 996 1,826 2,739 3,652 3,881 5,478 7,762 10,956 11,643 15,524 23,286 42,691 46,572 85,382 128,073 170,764 256,146 322,123 512,292 644,246 966,369 1,288,492 1,932,738 3,543,353 3,865,476 7,086,706 10,630,059 14,173,412 21,260,118 and 42,520,236, with no remainder.

Since 42,520,236 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,520,236, 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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