Q: Is 42,358,560 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,358,560 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,358,560 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 42358560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 29 30 32 34 40 48 51 58 60 68 80 85 87 96 102 116 120 136 145 160 170 174 179 204 232 240 255 272 290 340 348 358 408 435 464 480 493 510 537 544 580 680 696 716 816 870 895 928 986 1,020 1,074 1,160 1,360 1,392 1,432 1,479 1,632 1,740 1,790 1,972 2,040 2,148 2,320 2,465 2,685 2,720 2,784 2,864 2,958 3,043 3,480 3,580 3,944 4,080 4,296 4,640 4,930 5,191 5,370 5,728 5,916 6,086 6,960 7,160 7,395 7,888 8,160 8,592 9,129 9,860 10,382 10,740 11,832 12,172 13,920 14,320 14,790 15,215 15,573 15,776 17,184 18,258 19,720 20,764 21,480 23,664 24,344 25,955 28,640 29,580 30,430 31,146 36,516 39,440 41,528 42,960 45,645 47,328 48,688 51,910 59,160 60,860 62,292 73,032 77,865 78,880 83,056 85,920 88,247 91,290 97,376 103,820 118,320 121,720 124,584 146,064 155,730 166,112 176,494 182,580 207,640 236,640 243,440 249,168 264,741 292,128 311,460 352,988 365,160 415,280 441,235 486,880 498,336 529,482 622,920 705,976 730,320 830,560 882,470 1,058,964 1,245,840 1,323,705 1,411,952 1,460,640 1,764,940 2,117,928 2,491,680 2,647,410 2,823,904 3,529,880 4,235,856 5,294,820 7,059,760 8,471,712 10,589,640 14,119,520 21,179,280 and 42,358,560, with no remainder.

Since 42,358,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,358,560, 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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