Q: Is 42,008,516 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,008,516 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,008,516 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 42008516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 167 334 668 1,837 3,674 5,717 7,348 11,434 22,868 62,887 125,774 251,548 954,739 1,909,478 3,818,956 10,502,129 21,004,258 and 42,008,516, with no remainder.

Since 42,008,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,008,516, 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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