Q: Is 42,355,230 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,355,230 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,355,230 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 42355230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 30 443 886 1,329 2,215 2,658 3,187 4,430 6,374 6,645 9,561 13,290 15,935 19,122 31,870 47,805 95,610 1,411,841 2,823,682 4,235,523 7,059,205 8,471,046 14,118,410 21,177,615 and 42,355,230, with no remainder.

Since 42,355,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,355,230, 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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