Q: Is 42,104,320 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,104,320 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,104,320 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 42104320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 128 160 256 320 512 640 1,280 2,560 16,447 32,894 65,788 82,235 131,576 164,470 263,152 328,940 526,304 657,880 1,052,608 1,315,760 2,105,216 2,631,520 4,210,432 5,263,040 8,420,864 10,526,080 21,052,160 and 42,104,320, with no remainder.

Since 42,104,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,104,320, 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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