Q: Is 42,831,260 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,831,260 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,831,260 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 42831260 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 29 58 116 145 290 580 73,847 147,694 295,388 369,235 738,470 1,476,940 2,141,563 4,283,126 8,566,252 10,707,815 21,415,630 and 42,831,260, with no remainder.

Since 42,831,260 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,831,260, 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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