Q: Is 42,214,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,214,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,214,420 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 42214420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 41 82 164 205 410 820 51,481 102,962 205,924 257,405 514,810 1,029,620 2,110,721 4,221,442 8,442,884 10,553,605 21,107,210 and 42,214,420, with no remainder.

Since 42,214,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,214,420, 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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