Q: Is 42,101,540 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,101,540 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,101,540 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 42101540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 26 52 65 113 130 226 260 452 565 1,130 1,433 1,469 2,260 2,866 2,938 5,732 5,876 7,165 7,345 14,330 14,690 18,629 28,660 29,380 37,258 74,516 93,145 161,929 186,290 323,858 372,580 647,716 809,645 1,619,290 2,105,077 3,238,580 4,210,154 8,420,308 10,525,385 21,050,770 and 42,101,540, with no remainder.

Since 42,101,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,101,540, 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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