Q: Is 42,851,880 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,851,880 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,851,880 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 42851880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 72 90 120 180 360 119,033 238,066 357,099 476,132 595,165 714,198 952,264 1,071,297 1,190,330 1,428,396 1,785,495 2,142,594 2,380,660 2,856,792 3,570,990 4,285,188 4,761,320 5,356,485 7,141,980 8,570,376 10,712,970 14,283,960 21,425,940 and 42,851,880, with no remainder.

Since 42,851,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,851,880, 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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