Q: Is 42,254,610 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,254,610 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,254,610 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 42254610 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 30 139 278 417 695 834 1,390 2,085 4,170 10,133 20,266 30,399 50,665 60,798 101,330 151,995 303,990 1,408,487 2,816,974 4,225,461 7,042,435 8,450,922 14,084,870 21,127,305 and 42,254,610, with no remainder.

Since 42,254,610 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,254,610, 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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