Q: Is 42,247,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,247,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,247,120 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 42247120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 359 718 1,436 1,471 1,795 2,872 2,942 3,590 5,744 5,884 7,180 7,355 11,768 14,360 14,710 23,536 28,720 29,420 58,840 117,680 528,089 1,056,178 2,112,356 2,640,445 4,224,712 5,280,890 8,449,424 10,561,780 21,123,560 and 42,247,120, with no remainder.

Since 42,247,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,247,120, 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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