Q: Is 42,051,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,051,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,051,840 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 42051840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 47 48 60 64 80 94 96 120 128 141 160 188 192 233 235 240 256 282 320 376 384 466 470 480 564 640 699 705 752 768 932 940 960 1,128 1,165 1,280 1,398 1,410 1,504 1,864 1,880 1,920 2,256 2,330 2,796 2,820 3,008 3,495 3,728 3,760 3,840 4,512 4,660 5,592 5,640 6,016 6,990 7,456 7,520 9,024 9,320 10,951 11,184 11,280 12,032 13,980 14,912 15,040 18,048 18,640 21,902 22,368 22,560 27,960 29,824 30,080 32,853 36,096 37,280 43,804 44,736 45,120 54,755 55,920 59,648 60,160 65,706 74,560 87,608 89,472 90,240 109,510 111,840 131,412 149,120 164,265 175,216 178,944 180,480 219,020 223,680 262,824 298,240 328,530 350,432 438,040 447,360 525,648 657,060 700,864 876,080 894,720 1,051,296 1,314,120 1,401,728 1,752,160 2,102,592 2,628,240 2,803,456 3,504,320 4,205,184 5,256,480 7,008,640 8,410,368 10,512,960 14,017,280 21,025,920 and 42,051,840, with no remainder.

Since 42,051,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,051,840, 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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