Q: Is 42,243,336 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,243,336 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,243,336 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 42243336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 216 223 446 669 877 892 1,338 1,754 1,784 2,007 2,631 2,676 3,508 4,014 5,262 5,352 6,021 7,016 7,893 8,028 10,524 12,042 15,786 16,056 21,048 23,679 24,084 31,572 47,358 48,168 63,144 94,716 189,432 195,571 391,142 586,713 782,284 1,173,426 1,564,568 1,760,139 2,346,852 3,520,278 4,693,704 5,280,417 7,040,556 10,560,834 14,081,112 21,121,668 and 42,243,336, with no remainder.

Since 42,243,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,243,336, 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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