Q: Is 342,478,760 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 342,478,760 is not a prime number.

Why is 342,478,760 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 342478760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 65 104 130 260 520 658,613 1,317,226 2,634,452 3,293,065 5,268,904 6,586,130 8,561,969 13,172,260 17,123,938 26,344,520 34,247,876 42,809,845 68,495,752 85,619,690 171,239,380 and 342,478,760, with no remainder.

Since 342,478,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 342,478,760, 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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