Q: Is 42,123,044 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,123,044 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,123,044 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 42123044 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 73 146 181 292 362 724 797 1,594 3,188 13,213 26,426 52,852 58,181 116,362 144,257 232,724 288,514 577,028 10,530,761 21,061,522 and 42,123,044, with no remainder.

Since 42,123,044 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,123,044, 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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