Q: Is 42,068,020 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,068,020 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,068,020 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 42068020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 181 362 724 905 1,810 3,620 11,621 23,242 46,484 58,105 116,210 232,420 2,103,401 4,206,802 8,413,604 10,517,005 21,034,010 and 42,068,020, with no remainder.

Since 42,068,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,068,020, 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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