Q: Is 42,466,520 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,466,520 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,466,520 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 42466520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 19 20 38 40 71 76 95 142 152 190 284 355 380 568 710 760 787 1,349 1,420 1,574 2,698 2,840 3,148 3,935 5,396 6,296 6,745 7,870 10,792 13,490 14,953 15,740 26,980 29,906 31,480 53,960 55,877 59,812 74,765 111,754 119,624 149,530 223,508 279,385 299,060 447,016 558,770 598,120 1,061,663 1,117,540 2,123,326 2,235,080 4,246,652 5,308,315 8,493,304 10,616,630 21,233,260 and 42,466,520, with no remainder.

Since 42,466,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,466,520, 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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