Q: Is 42,120,728 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,120,728 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,120,728 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 42120728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 23 26 46 52 92 104 184 299 598 1,196 2,392 17,609 35,218 70,436 140,872 228,917 405,007 457,834 810,014 915,668 1,620,028 1,831,336 3,240,056 5,265,091 10,530,182 21,060,364 and 42,120,728, with no remainder.

Since 42,120,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,120,728, 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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