Q: Is 42,542,208 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,542,208 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,542,208 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 42542208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 288 384 576 1,152 36,929 73,858 110,787 147,716 221,574 295,432 332,361 443,148 590,864 664,722 886,296 1,181,728 1,329,444 1,772,592 2,363,456 2,658,888 3,545,184 4,726,912 5,317,776 7,090,368 10,635,552 14,180,736 21,271,104 and 42,542,208, with no remainder.

Since 42,542,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,542,208, 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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