Q: Is 42,576,260 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,576,260 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,576,260 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 42576260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 79 158 316 395 790 1,580 26,947 53,894 107,788 134,735 269,470 538,940 2,128,813 4,257,626 8,515,252 10,644,065 21,288,130 and 42,576,260, with no remainder.

Since 42,576,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,576,260, 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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