Q: Is 42,552,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,552,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,552,424 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 42552424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 41 82 164 328 129,733 259,466 518,932 1,037,864 5,319,053 10,638,106 21,276,212 and 42,552,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,552,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,552,424, 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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