Q: Is 42,433,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,433,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,433,420 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 42433420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 31 62 89 124 155 178 310 356 445 620 769 890 1,538 1,780 2,759 3,076 3,845 5,518 7,690 11,036 13,795 15,380 23,839 27,590 47,678 55,180 68,441 95,356 119,195 136,882 238,390 273,764 342,205 476,780 684,410 1,368,820 2,121,671 4,243,342 8,486,684 10,608,355 21,216,710 and 42,433,420, with no remainder.

Since 42,433,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,433,420, 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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