Q: Is 42,283,428 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,283,428 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,283,428 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 42283428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 33 44 66 132 320,329 640,658 960,987 1,281,316 1,921,974 3,523,619 3,843,948 7,047,238 10,570,857 14,094,476 21,141,714 and 42,283,428, with no remainder.

Since 42,283,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,283,428, 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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