Q: Is 42,321,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,321,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,321,120 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 42321120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 80 96 120 160 240 480 88,169 176,338 264,507 352,676 440,845 529,014 705,352 881,690 1,058,028 1,322,535 1,410,704 1,763,380 2,116,056 2,645,070 2,821,408 3,526,760 4,232,112 5,290,140 7,053,520 8,464,224 10,580,280 14,107,040 21,160,560 and 42,321,120, with no remainder.

Since 42,321,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,321,120, 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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