Q: Is 42,140,340 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,140,340 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,140,340 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 42140340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 33 36 44 45 55 60 66 90 99 110 132 165 180 198 220 330 396 495 660 990 1,980 21,283 42,566 63,849 85,132 106,415 127,698 191,547 212,830 234,113 255,396 319,245 383,094 425,660 468,226 638,490 702,339 766,188 936,452 957,735 1,170,565 1,276,980 1,404,678 1,915,470 2,107,017 2,341,130 2,809,356 3,511,695 3,830,940 4,214,034 4,682,260 7,023,390 8,428,068 10,535,085 14,046,780 21,070,170 and 42,140,340, with no remainder.

Since 42,140,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,140,340, 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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