Q: Is 42,204,960 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,204,960 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,204,960 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 42204960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 24 28 30 32 35 36 40 42 45 48 53 56 60 63 70 72 79 80 84 90 96 105 106 112 120 126 140 144 158 159 160 168 180 210 212 224 237 240 252 265 280 288 315 316 318 336 360 371 395 420 424 474 477 480 504 530 553 560 630 632 636 672 711 720 742 790 795 840 848 948 954 1,008 1,060 1,106 1,113 1,120 1,185 1,260 1,264 1,272 1,422 1,440 1,484 1,580 1,590 1,659 1,680 1,696 1,855 1,896 1,908 2,016 2,120 2,212 2,226 2,370 2,385 2,520 2,528 2,544 2,765 2,844 2,968 3,160 3,180 3,318 3,339 3,360 3,555 3,710 3,792 3,816 4,187 4,240 4,424 4,452 4,740 4,770 4,977 5,040 5,088 5,530 5,565 5,688 5,936 6,320 6,360 6,636 6,678 7,110 7,420 7,584 7,632 8,295 8,374 8,480 8,848 8,904 9,480 9,540 9,954 10,080 11,060 11,130 11,376 11,872 12,561 12,640 12,720 13,272 13,356 14,220 14,840 15,264 16,590 16,695 16,748 17,696 17,808 18,960 19,080 19,908 20,935 22,120 22,260 22,752 24,885 25,122 25,440 26,544 26,712 28,440 29,309 29,680 33,180 33,390 33,496 35,616 37,683 37,920 38,160 39,816 41,870 44,240 44,520 49,770 50,244 53,088 53,424 56,880 58,618 59,360 62,805 66,360 66,780 66,992 75,366 76,320 79,632 83,740 87,927 88,480 89,040 99,540 100,488 106,848 113,760 117,236 125,610 132,720 133,560 133,984 146,545 150,732 159,264 167,480 175,854 178,080 188,415 199,080 200,976 234,472 251,220 263,781 265,440 267,120 293,090 301,464 334,960 351,708 376,830 398,160 401,952 439,635 468,944 502,440 527,562 534,240 586,180 602,928 669,920 703,416 753,660 796,320 879,270 937,888 1,004,880 1,055,124 1,172,360 1,205,856 1,318,905 1,406,832 1,507,320 1,758,540 2,009,760 2,110,248 2,344,720 2,637,810 2,813,664 3,014,640 3,517,080 4,220,496 4,689,440 5,275,620 6,029,280 7,034,160 8,440,992 10,551,240 14,068,320 21,102,480 and 42,204,960, with no remainder.

Since 42,204,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,204,960, it is not a prime number.


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