Q: Is 42,541,224 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,541,224 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,541,224 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 42541224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 132 264 161,141 322,282 483,423 644,564 966,846 1,289,128 1,772,551 1,933,692 3,545,102 3,867,384 5,317,653 7,090,204 10,635,306 14,180,408 21,270,612 and 42,541,224, with no remainder.

Since 42,541,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,541,224, 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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