Q: Is 42,252,770 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,252,770 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,252,770 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 42252770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 14 19 35 38 70 95 133 190 266 665 1,330 31,769 63,538 158,845 222,383 317,690 444,766 603,611 1,111,915 1,207,222 2,223,830 3,018,055 4,225,277 6,036,110 8,450,554 21,126,385 and 42,252,770, with no remainder.

Since 42,252,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,252,770, 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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