Q: Is 42,604,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,604,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,604,420 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 42604420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 839 1,678 2,539 3,356 4,195 5,078 8,390 10,156 12,695 16,780 25,390 50,780 2,130,221 4,260,442 8,520,884 10,651,105 21,302,210 and 42,604,420, with no remainder.

Since 42,604,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,604,420, 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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