Q: Is 42,397,660 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,397,660 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,397,660 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 42397660 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 34 68 85 170 340 124,699 249,398 498,796 623,495 1,246,990 2,119,883 2,493,980 4,239,766 8,479,532 10,599,415 21,198,830 and 42,397,660, with no remainder.

Since 42,397,660 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,397,660, 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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