Q: Is 42,917,640 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,917,640 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,917,640 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 42917640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 31 40 60 62 83 93 120 124 139 155 166 186 248 249 278 310 332 372 415 417 465 498 556 620 664 695 744 830 834 930 996 1,112 1,240 1,245 1,390 1,660 1,668 1,860 1,992 2,085 2,490 2,573 2,780 3,320 3,336 3,720 4,170 4,309 4,980 5,146 5,560 7,719 8,340 8,618 9,960 10,292 11,537 12,865 12,927 15,438 16,680 17,236 20,584 21,545 23,074 25,730 25,854 30,876 34,472 34,611 38,595 43,090 46,148 51,460 51,708 57,685 61,752 64,635 69,222 77,190 86,180 92,296 102,920 103,416 115,370 129,270 138,444 154,380 172,360 173,055 230,740 258,540 276,888 308,760 346,110 357,647 461,480 517,080 692,220 715,294 1,072,941 1,384,440 1,430,588 1,788,235 2,145,882 2,861,176 3,576,470 4,291,764 5,364,705 7,152,940 8,583,528 10,729,410 14,305,880 21,458,820 and 42,917,640, with no remainder.

Since 42,917,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,917,640, 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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