Q: Is 42,730,020 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,730,020 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,730,020 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 42730020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 60 90 180 277 554 831 857 1,108 1,385 1,662 1,714 2,493 2,571 2,770 3,324 3,428 4,155 4,285 4,986 5,142 5,540 7,713 8,310 8,570 9,972 10,284 12,465 12,855 15,426 16,620 17,140 24,930 25,710 30,852 38,565 49,860 51,420 77,130 154,260 237,389 474,778 712,167 949,556 1,186,945 1,424,334 2,136,501 2,373,890 2,848,668 3,560,835 4,273,002 4,747,780 7,121,670 8,546,004 10,682,505 14,243,340 21,365,010 and 42,730,020, with no remainder.

Since 42,730,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,730,020, 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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