Q: Is 42,958,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,958,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,958,240 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 42958240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 19 20 26 32 38 40 52 65 76 80 95 104 130 152 160 190 208 247 260 304 380 416 494 520 608 760 988 1,040 1,087 1,235 1,520 1,976 2,080 2,174 2,470 3,040 3,952 4,348 4,940 5,435 7,904 8,696 9,880 10,870 14,131 17,392 19,760 20,653 21,740 28,262 34,784 39,520 41,306 43,480 56,524 70,655 82,612 86,960 103,265 113,048 141,310 165,224 173,920 206,530 226,096 268,489 282,620 330,448 413,060 452,192 536,978 565,240 660,896 826,120 1,073,956 1,130,480 1,342,445 1,652,240 2,147,912 2,260,960 2,684,890 3,304,480 4,295,824 5,369,780 8,591,648 10,739,560 21,479,120 and 42,958,240, with no remainder.

Since 42,958,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,958,240, 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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