Q: Is 42,020,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,020,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,020,420 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 42020420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 26 29 52 58 65 116 130 145 260 290 377 580 754 1,508 1,885 3,770 5,573 7,540 11,146 22,292 27,865 55,730 72,449 111,460 144,898 161,617 289,796 323,234 362,245 646,468 724,490 808,085 1,448,980 1,616,170 2,101,021 3,232,340 4,202,042 8,404,084 10,505,105 21,010,210 and 42,020,420, with no remainder.

Since 42,020,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,020,420, 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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