Q: Is 42,441,230 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,441,230 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,441,230 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 42441230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 13 26 65 130 137 274 685 1,370 1,781 2,383 3,562 4,766 8,905 11,915 17,810 23,830 30,979 61,958 154,895 309,790 326,471 652,942 1,632,355 3,264,710 4,244,123 8,488,246 21,220,615 and 42,441,230, with no remainder.

Since 42,441,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,441,230, 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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