Q: Is 42,487,930 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,487,930 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,487,930 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 42487930 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 10 17 34 85 170 293 586 853 1,465 1,706 2,930 4,265 4,981 8,530 9,962 14,501 24,905 29,002 49,810 72,505 145,010 249,929 499,858 1,249,645 2,499,290 4,248,793 8,497,586 21,243,965 and 42,487,930, with no remainder.

Since 42,487,930 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,487,930, 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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