Q: Is 42,419,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,419,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,419,740 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 42419740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 11 20 22 44 55 110 220 192,817 385,634 771,268 964,085 1,928,170 2,120,987 3,856,340 4,241,974 8,483,948 10,604,935 21,209,870 and 42,419,740, with no remainder.

Since 42,419,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,419,740, 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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