Q: Is 42,562,224 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,562,224 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,562,224 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 42562224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 295,571 591,142 886,713 1,182,284 1,773,426 2,364,568 2,660,139 3,546,852 4,729,136 5,320,278 7,093,704 10,640,556 14,187,408 21,281,112 and 42,562,224, with no remainder.

Since 42,562,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,562,224, 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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