Q: Is 42,688,640 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,688,640 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,688,640 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 42688640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 128 160 320 640 66,701 133,402 266,804 333,505 533,608 667,010 1,067,216 1,334,020 2,134,432 2,668,040 4,268,864 5,336,080 8,537,728 10,672,160 21,344,320 and 42,688,640, with no remainder.

Since 42,688,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,688,640, 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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