Q: Is 42,646,540 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,646,540 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,646,540 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 42646540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 34 43 68 85 86 170 172 215 340 430 731 860 1,462 2,917 2,924 3,655 5,834 7,310 11,668 14,585 14,620 29,170 49,589 58,340 99,178 125,431 198,356 247,945 250,862 495,890 501,724 627,155 991,780 1,254,310 2,132,327 2,508,620 4,264,654 8,529,308 10,661,635 21,323,270 and 42,646,540, with no remainder.

Since 42,646,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,646,540, 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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