Q: Is 42,584,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,584,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,584,424 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 42584424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 1,031 1,721 2,062 3,093 3,442 4,124 5,163 6,186 6,884 8,248 10,326 12,372 13,768 20,652 24,744 41,304 1,774,351 3,548,702 5,323,053 7,097,404 10,646,106 14,194,808 21,292,212 and 42,584,424, with no remainder.

Since 42,584,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,584,424, 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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