Q: Is 42,363,720 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,363,720 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,363,720 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 42363720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 18 20 21 24 28 30 35 36 40 42 45 56 60 63 70 72 84 90 105 120 126 140 168 180 210 252 280 315 360 420 504 630 840 1,260 2,520 16,811 33,622 50,433 67,244 84,055 100,866 117,677 134,488 151,299 168,110 201,732 235,354 252,165 302,598 336,220 353,031 403,464 470,708 504,330 588,385 605,196 672,440 706,062 756,495 941,416 1,008,660 1,059,093 1,176,770 1,210,392 1,412,124 1,512,990 1,765,155 2,017,320 2,118,186 2,353,540 2,824,248 3,025,980 3,530,310 4,236,372 4,707,080 5,295,465 6,051,960 7,060,620 8,472,744 10,590,930 14,121,240 21,181,860 and 42,363,720, with no remainder.

Since 42,363,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,363,720, 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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