Q: Is 42,206,020 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,206,020 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,206,020 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 42206020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 29 53 58 106 116 145 212 265 290 530 580 1,060 1,373 1,537 2,746 3,074 5,492 6,148 6,865 7,685 13,730 15,370 27,460 30,740 39,817 72,769 79,634 145,538 159,268 199,085 291,076 363,845 398,170 727,690 796,340 1,455,380 2,110,301 4,220,602 8,441,204 10,551,505 21,103,010 and 42,206,020, with no remainder.

Since 42,206,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,206,020, 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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