Q: Is 42,474,040 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,474,040 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,474,040 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 42474040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 140 280 151,693 303,386 606,772 758,465 1,061,851 1,213,544 1,516,930 2,123,702 3,033,860 4,247,404 5,309,255 6,067,720 8,494,808 10,618,510 21,237,020 and 42,474,040, with no remainder.

Since 42,474,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,474,040, 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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