Q: Is 42,446,440 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,446,440 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,446,440 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 42446440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 31 40 62 124 155 248 310 620 1,240 34,231 68,462 136,924 171,155 273,848 342,310 684,620 1,061,161 1,369,240 2,122,322 4,244,644 5,305,805 8,489,288 10,611,610 21,223,220 and 42,446,440, with no remainder.

Since 42,446,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,446,440, 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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