Q: Is 42,545,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,545,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,545,240 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 42545240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 101 202 404 505 808 1,010 2,020 4,040 10,531 21,062 42,124 52,655 84,248 105,310 210,620 421,240 1,063,631 2,127,262 4,254,524 5,318,155 8,509,048 10,636,310 21,272,620 and 42,545,240, with no remainder.

Since 42,545,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,545,240, 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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