Q: Is 42,260,720 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,260,720 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,260,720 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 42260720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 107 214 428 535 856 1,070 1,712 2,140 4,280 4,937 8,560 9,874 19,748 24,685 39,496 49,370 78,992 98,740 197,480 394,960 528,259 1,056,518 2,113,036 2,641,295 4,226,072 5,282,590 8,452,144 10,565,180 21,130,360 and 42,260,720, with no remainder.

Since 42,260,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,260,720, 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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