Q: Is 42,412,980 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,412,980 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,412,980 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 42412980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 706,883 1,413,766 2,120,649 2,827,532 3,534,415 4,241,298 7,068,830 8,482,596 10,603,245 14,137,660 21,206,490 and 42,412,980, with no remainder.

Since 42,412,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,412,980, 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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