Q: Is 42,616,024 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,616,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,616,024 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 42616024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 88 163 326 652 1,304 1,793 2,971 3,586 5,942 7,172 11,884 14,344 23,768 32,681 65,362 130,724 261,448 484,273 968,546 1,937,092 3,874,184 5,327,003 10,654,006 21,308,012 and 42,616,024, with no remainder.

Since 42,616,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,616,024, 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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