Q: Is 42,356,730 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,356,730 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,356,730 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 42356730 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 26 30 39 65 67 78 130 134 195 201 335 390 402 670 871 1,005 1,621 1,742 2,010 2,613 3,242 4,355 4,863 5,226 8,105 8,710 9,726 13,065 16,210 21,073 24,315 26,130 42,146 48,630 63,219 105,365 108,607 126,438 210,730 217,214 316,095 325,821 543,035 632,190 651,642 1,086,070 1,411,891 1,629,105 2,823,782 3,258,210 4,235,673 7,059,455 8,471,346 14,118,910 21,178,365 and 42,356,730, with no remainder.

Since 42,356,730 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,356,730, 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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