Q: Is 42,510,920 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,510,920 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,510,920 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 42510920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 31 40 62 124 155 248 310 620 1,240 34,283 68,566 137,132 171,415 274,264 342,830 685,660 1,062,773 1,371,320 2,125,546 4,251,092 5,313,865 8,502,184 10,627,730 21,255,460 and 42,510,920, with no remainder.

Since 42,510,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,510,920, 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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