Q: Is 42,466,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,466,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,466,840 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 42466840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 65 104 130 260 520 81,667 163,334 326,668 408,335 653,336 816,670 1,061,671 1,633,340 2,123,342 3,266,680 4,246,684 5,308,355 8,493,368 10,616,710 21,233,420 and 42,466,840, with no remainder.

Since 42,466,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,466,840, 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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