Q: Is 42,520,260 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,520,260 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,520,260 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 42520260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 331 662 993 1,324 1,655 1,986 2,141 3,310 3,972 4,282 4,965 6,423 6,620 8,564 9,930 10,705 12,846 19,860 21,410 25,692 32,115 42,820 64,230 128,460 708,671 1,417,342 2,126,013 2,834,684 3,543,355 4,252,026 7,086,710 8,504,052 10,630,065 14,173,420 21,260,130 and 42,520,260, with no remainder.

Since 42,520,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,520,260, 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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