Q: Is 42,221,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,221,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,221,120 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 42221120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 160 320 131,941 263,882 527,764 659,705 1,055,528 1,319,410 2,111,056 2,638,820 4,222,112 5,277,640 8,444,224 10,555,280 21,110,560 and 42,221,120, with no remainder.

Since 42,221,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,221,120, 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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