7 is a prime number and 42 is not a prime number because no even numbers greater than 2 are primes.
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No, 7 and 42 are not prime numbers. 7 is a Prime number because it only has two distinct positive divisors, 1 and 7. 42 is not a prime number because it has more than two distinct positive divisors, including 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, and 42.
42 has three prime factors: 2, 3 and 7
Composite. 42 = 2 * 3 * 7
It is: 2*3*7 = 42
No. A prime number has only two factors, 1 and itself. But 42 is dividable by 2, 3, 6 and 7.
No. A prime number has only two factors, 1 and itself. However 42 has other factors: 1 x 42 = 42 2 x 26 = 42 3 x 14 = 42 6 x 7 = 42