Q: Is 42,616,316 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,616,316 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,616,316 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 42616316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 19 38 76 137 274 548 2,603 4,093 5,206 8,186 10,412 16,372 77,767 155,534 311,068 560,741 1,121,482 2,242,964 10,654,079 21,308,158 and 42,616,316, with no remainder.

Since 42,616,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,616,316, 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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