Q: Is 42,836,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,836,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,836,120 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 42836120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 23 40 46 92 101 115 184 202 230 404 460 461 505 808 920 922 1,010 1,844 2,020 2,305 2,323 3,688 4,040 4,610 4,646 9,220 9,292 10,603 11,615 18,440 18,584 21,206 23,230 42,412 46,460 46,561 53,015 84,824 92,920 93,122 106,030 186,244 212,060 232,805 372,488 424,120 465,610 931,220 1,070,903 1,862,440 2,141,806 4,283,612 5,354,515 8,567,224 10,709,030 21,418,060 and 42,836,120, with no remainder.

Since 42,836,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,836,120, 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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