Q: Is 42,345,040 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,345,040 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,345,040 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 42345040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 529,313 1,058,626 2,117,252 2,646,565 4,234,504 5,293,130 8,469,008 10,586,260 21,172,520 and 42,345,040, with no remainder.

Since 42,345,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,345,040, 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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