Q: Is 42,558,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,558,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,558,740 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 42558740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 23 28 35 46 70 92 115 140 161 230 322 460 644 805 1,610 3,220 13,217 26,434 52,868 66,085 92,519 132,170 185,038 264,340 303,991 370,076 462,595 607,982 925,190 1,215,964 1,519,955 1,850,380 2,127,937 3,039,910 4,255,874 6,079,820 8,511,748 10,639,685 21,279,370 and 42,558,740, with no remainder.

Since 42,558,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,558,740, 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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