Q: Is 42,542,320 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,542,320 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,542,320 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 42542320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 67 80 134 268 335 536 670 1,072 1,340 2,680 5,360 7,937 15,874 31,748 39,685 63,496 79,370 126,992 158,740 317,480 531,779 634,960 1,063,558 2,127,116 2,658,895 4,254,232 5,317,790 8,508,464 10,635,580 21,271,160 and 42,542,320, with no remainder.

Since 42,542,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,542,320, 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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