Q: Is 42,787,760 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,787,760 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,787,760 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 42787760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 29 40 58 80 116 145 232 290 464 580 1,160 2,320 18,443 36,886 73,772 92,215 147,544 184,430 295,088 368,860 534,847 737,720 1,069,694 1,475,440 2,139,388 2,674,235 4,278,776 5,348,470 8,557,552 10,696,940 21,393,880 and 42,787,760, with no remainder.

Since 42,787,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,787,760, 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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