Q: Is 42,980 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,980 is 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 42980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 70 140 307 614 1,228 1,535 2,149 3,070 4,298 6,140 8,596 10,745 21,490 and 42,980, with no remainder.
Since 42,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,980, it is not a prime number.