Q: Is 42,415,040 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,415,040 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,415,040 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 42415040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 160 320 132,547 265,094 530,188 662,735 1,060,376 1,325,470 2,120,752 2,650,940 4,241,504 5,301,880 8,483,008 10,603,760 21,207,520 and 42,415,040, with no remainder.

Since 42,415,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,415,040, 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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