Q: Is 42,572,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,572,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,572,424 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 42572424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 31 62 93 124 186 248 372 744 57,221 114,442 171,663 228,884 343,326 457,768 686,652 1,373,304 1,773,851 3,547,702 5,321,553 7,095,404 10,643,106 14,190,808 21,286,212 and 42,572,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,572,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,572,424, 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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