Q: Is 42,211,340 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,211,340 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,211,340 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 42211340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 34 67 68 85 109 134 170 218 268 289 335 340 436 545 578 670 1,090 1,139 1,156 1,340 1,445 1,853 2,180 2,278 2,890 3,706 4,556 5,695 5,780 7,303 7,412 9,265 11,390 14,606 18,530 19,363 22,780 29,212 31,501 36,515 37,060 38,726 63,002 73,030 77,452 96,815 124,151 126,004 146,060 157,505 193,630 248,302 315,010 387,260 496,604 620,755 630,020 1,241,510 2,110,567 2,483,020 4,221,134 8,442,268 10,552,835 21,105,670 and 42,211,340, with no remainder.

Since 42,211,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,211,340, 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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