Q: Is 42,240,555 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,240,555 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,240,555 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 42240555 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 9 15 21 27 35 45 63 105 135 189 315 945 44,699 134,097 223,495 312,893 402,291 670,485 938,679 1,206,873 1,564,465 2,011,455 2,816,037 4,693,395 6,034,365 8,448,111 14,080,185 and 42,240,555, with no remainder.

Since 42,240,555 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,240,555, 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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