Q: Is 42,870,680 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,870,680 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,870,680 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 42870680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 571 1,142 1,877 2,284 2,855 3,754 4,568 5,710 7,508 9,385 11,420 15,016 18,770 22,840 37,540 75,080 1,071,767 2,143,534 4,287,068 5,358,835 8,574,136 10,717,670 21,435,340 and 42,870,680, with no remainder.

Since 42,870,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,870,680, 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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