Q: Is 42,620,040 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,620,040 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,620,040 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 42620040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 24 27 30 31 36 38 40 45 54 57 60 62 67 72 76 90 93 95 108 114 120 124 134 135 152 155 171 180 186 190 201 216 228 248 268 270 279 285 310 335 342 360 372 380 402 456 465 513 536 540 558 570 589 603 620 670 684 744 760 804 837 855 930 1,005 1,026 1,080 1,116 1,140 1,178 1,206 1,240 1,273 1,340 1,368 1,395 1,608 1,674 1,710 1,767 1,809 1,860 2,010 2,052 2,077 2,232 2,280 2,356 2,412 2,546 2,565 2,680 2,790 2,945 3,015 3,348 3,420 3,534 3,618 3,720 3,819 4,020 4,104 4,154 4,185 4,712 4,824 5,092 5,130 5,301 5,580 5,890 6,030 6,231 6,365 6,696 6,840 7,068 7,236 7,638 8,040 8,308 8,370 8,835 9,045 10,184 10,260 10,385 10,602 11,160 11,457 11,780 12,060 12,462 12,730 14,136 14,472 15,276 15,903 16,616 16,740 17,670 18,090 18,693 19,095 20,520 20,770 21,204 22,914 23,560 24,120 24,924 25,460 26,505 30,552 31,155 31,806 33,480 34,371 35,340 36,180 37,386 38,190 39,463 41,540 42,408 45,828 49,848 50,920 53,010 56,079 57,285 62,310 63,612 68,742 70,680 72,360 74,772 76,380 78,926 79,515 83,080 91,656 93,465 106,020 112,158 114,570 118,389 124,620 127,224 137,484 149,544 152,760 157,852 159,030 171,855 186,930 197,315 212,040 224,316 229,140 236,778 249,240 274,968 280,395 315,704 318,060 343,710 355,167 373,860 394,630 448,632 458,280 473,556 560,790 591,945 636,120 687,420 710,334 747,720 789,260 947,112 1,065,501 1,121,580 1,183,890 1,374,840 1,420,668 1,578,520 1,775,835 2,131,002 2,243,160 2,367,780 2,841,336 3,551,670 4,262,004 4,735,560 5,327,505 7,103,340 8,524,008 10,655,010 14,206,680 21,310,020 and 42,620,040, with no remainder.

Since 42,620,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,620,040, it is not a prime number.


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