Q: Is 42,487,840 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 42,487,840 is not a prime number.

Why is 42,487,840 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 42487840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 37 40 74 80 148 160 185 296 370 592 740 1,184 1,480 2,960 5,920 7,177 14,354 28,708 35,885 57,416 71,770 114,832 143,540 229,664 265,549 287,080 531,098 574,160 1,062,196 1,148,320 1,327,745 2,124,392 2,655,490 4,248,784 5,310,980 8,497,568 10,621,960 21,243,920 and 42,487,840, with no remainder.

Since 42,487,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,487,840, 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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