Q: Is 42,023,340 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,023,340 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,023,340 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 42023340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 59 60 90 108 118 135 177 180 236 270 295 354 531 540 590 708 885 1,062 1,180 1,319 1,593 1,770 2,124 2,638 2,655 3,186 3,540 3,957 5,276 5,310 6,372 6,595 7,914 7,965 10,620 11,871 13,190 15,828 15,930 19,785 23,742 26,380 31,860 35,613 39,570 47,484 59,355 71,226 77,821 79,140 118,710 142,452 155,642 178,065 233,463 237,420 311,284 356,130 389,105 466,926 700,389 712,260 778,210 933,852 1,167,315 1,400,778 1,556,420 2,101,167 2,334,630 2,801,556 3,501,945 4,202,334 4,669,260 7,003,890 8,404,668 10,505,835 14,007,780 21,011,670 and 42,023,340, with no remainder.

Since 42,023,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,023,340, 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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