Q: Is 42,040,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,040,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,040,000 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 42040000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 32 40 50 64 80 100 125 160 200 250 320 400 500 625 800 1,000 1,051 1,250 1,600 2,000 2,102 2,500 4,000 4,204 5,000 5,255 8,000 8,408 10,000 10,510 16,816 20,000 21,020 26,275 33,632 40,000 42,040 52,550 67,264 84,080 105,100 131,375 168,160 210,200 262,750 336,320 420,400 525,500 656,875 840,800 1,051,000 1,313,750 1,681,600 2,102,000 2,627,500 4,204,000 5,255,000 8,408,000 10,510,000 21,020,000 and 42,040,000, with no remainder.

Since 42,040,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,040,000, 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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