Q: Is 42,260,004 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,260,004 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,260,004 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 42260004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 157 314 471 628 942 1,413 1,884 2,826 5,652 7,477 14,954 22,431 29,908 44,862 67,293 89,724 134,586 269,172 1,173,889 2,347,778 3,521,667 4,695,556 7,043,334 10,565,001 14,086,668 21,130,002 and 42,260,004, with no remainder.

Since 42,260,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,260,004, 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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