Q: Is 42,872,880 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,872,880 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,872,880 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 42872880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 41 48 60 80 82 120 123 164 205 240 246 328 410 492 615 656 820 984 1,230 1,640 1,968 2,460 3,280 4,357 4,920 8,714 9,840 13,071 17,428 21,785 26,142 34,856 43,570 52,284 65,355 69,712 87,140 104,568 130,710 174,280 178,637 209,136 261,420 348,560 357,274 522,840 535,911 714,548 893,185 1,045,680 1,071,822 1,429,096 1,786,370 2,143,644 2,679,555 2,858,192 3,572,740 4,287,288 5,359,110 7,145,480 8,574,576 10,718,220 14,290,960 21,436,440 and 42,872,880, with no remainder.

Since 42,872,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,872,880, 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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