Q: Is 42,340,020 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,340,020 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,340,020 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 42340020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 173 346 519 692 865 1,038 1,730 2,076 2,595 3,460 4,079 5,190 8,158 10,380 12,237 16,316 20,395 24,474 40,790 48,948 61,185 81,580 122,370 244,740 705,667 1,411,334 2,117,001 2,822,668 3,528,335 4,234,002 7,056,670 8,468,004 10,585,005 14,113,340 21,170,010 and 42,340,020, with no remainder.

Since 42,340,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,340,020, 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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