Q: Is 42,143,520 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,143,520 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,143,520 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 42143520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 19 20 24 30 32 38 40 48 57 60 76 80 95 96 114 120 152 160 190 228 240 285 304 380 456 480 570 608 760 912 1,140 1,520 1,824 2,280 3,040 4,560 4,621 9,120 9,242 13,863 18,484 23,105 27,726 36,968 46,210 55,452 69,315 73,936 87,799 92,420 110,904 138,630 147,872 175,598 184,840 221,808 263,397 277,260 351,196 369,680 438,995 443,616 526,794 554,520 702,392 739,360 877,990 1,053,588 1,109,040 1,316,985 1,404,784 1,755,980 2,107,176 2,218,080 2,633,970 2,809,568 3,511,960 4,214,352 5,267,940 7,023,920 8,428,704 10,535,880 14,047,840 21,071,760 and 42,143,520, with no remainder.

Since 42,143,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,143,520, 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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