Q: Is 42,777,760 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,777,760 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,777,760 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 42777760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 41 80 82 160 164 205 328 410 656 820 1,312 1,640 3,280 6,521 6,560 13,042 26,084 32,605 52,168 65,210 104,336 130,420 208,672 260,840 267,361 521,680 534,722 1,043,360 1,069,444 1,336,805 2,138,888 2,673,610 4,277,776 5,347,220 8,555,552 10,694,440 21,388,880 and 42,777,760, with no remainder.

Since 42,777,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,777,760, 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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