Q: Is 42,283,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,283,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,283,420 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 42283420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 34 68 85 170 340 124,363 248,726 497,452 621,815 1,243,630 2,114,171 2,487,260 4,228,342 8,456,684 10,570,855 21,141,710 and 42,283,420, with no remainder.

Since 42,283,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,283,420, 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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