Q: Is 42,422,320 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,422,320 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,422,320 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 42422320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 530,279 1,060,558 2,121,116 2,651,395 4,242,232 5,302,790 8,484,464 10,605,580 21,211,160 and 42,422,320, with no remainder.

Since 42,422,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,422,320, 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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