Q: Is 42,246,340 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,246,340 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,246,340 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 42246340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 163 326 652 815 1,630 3,260 12,959 25,918 51,836 64,795 129,590 259,180 2,112,317 4,224,634 8,449,268 10,561,585 21,123,170 and 42,246,340, with no remainder.

Since 42,246,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,246,340, it is not a prime number.


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Prime? nononono
  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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