Q: Is 42,422,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,422,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,422,240 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 42422240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 49 56 70 80 98 112 140 160 196 224 245 280 343 392 490 560 686 773 784 980 1,120 1,372 1,546 1,568 1,715 1,960 2,744 3,092 3,430 3,865 3,920 5,411 5,488 6,184 6,860 7,730 7,840 10,822 10,976 12,368 13,720 15,460 21,644 24,736 27,055 27,440 30,920 37,877 43,288 54,110 54,880 61,840 75,754 86,576 108,220 123,680 151,508 173,152 189,385 216,440 265,139 303,016 378,770 432,880 530,278 606,032 757,540 865,760 1,060,556 1,212,064 1,325,695 1,515,080 2,121,112 2,651,390 3,030,160 4,242,224 5,302,780 6,060,320 8,484,448 10,605,560 21,211,120 and 42,422,240, with no remainder.

Since 42,422,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,422,240, 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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