Q: Is 42,852,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,852,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,852,420 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 42852420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 13 15 18 20 26 30 36 39 45 52 60 65 78 90 117 130 156 180 195 234 260 390 468 585 780 1,170 2,340 18,313 36,626 54,939 73,252 91,565 109,878 164,817 183,130 219,756 238,069 274,695 329,634 366,260 476,138 549,390 659,268 714,207 824,085 952,276 1,098,780 1,190,345 1,428,414 1,648,170 2,142,621 2,380,690 2,856,828 3,296,340 3,571,035 4,285,242 4,761,380 7,142,070 8,570,484 10,713,105 14,284,140 21,426,210 and 42,852,420, with no remainder.

Since 42,852,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,852,420, 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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