Q: Is 42,367,480 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,367,480 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,367,480 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 42367480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 101 202 404 505 808 1,010 2,020 4,040 10,487 20,974 41,948 52,435 83,896 104,870 209,740 419,480 1,059,187 2,118,374 4,236,748 5,295,935 8,473,496 10,591,870 21,183,740 and 42,367,480, with no remainder.

Since 42,367,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,367,480, 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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