Q: Is 201,000,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 201,000,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 201,000,402 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 201000402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 67 134 201 402 603 1,206 166,667 333,334 500,001 1,000,002 1,500,003 3,000,006 11,166,689 22,333,378 33,500,067 67,000,134 100,500,201 and 201,000,402, with no remainder.

Since 201,000,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,000,402, 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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