Q: Is 42,502,140 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,502,140 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,502,140 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 42502140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 180 389 607 778 1,167 1,214 1,556 1,821 1,945 2,334 2,428 3,035 3,501 3,642 3,890 4,668 5,463 5,835 6,070 7,002 7,284 7,780 9,105 10,926 11,670 12,140 14,004 17,505 18,210 21,852 23,340 27,315 35,010 36,420 54,630 70,020 109,260 236,123 472,246 708,369 944,492 1,180,615 1,416,738 2,125,107 2,361,230 2,833,476 3,541,845 4,250,214 4,722,460 7,083,690 8,500,428 10,625,535 14,167,380 21,251,070 and 42,502,140, with no remainder.

Since 42,502,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,502,140, 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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