Q: Is 400,426,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 400,426,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 400,426,012 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 400426012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 521 1,042 2,084 3,647 7,294 14,588 27,449 54,898 109,796 192,143 384,286 768,572 14,300,929 28,601,858 57,203,716 100,106,503 200,213,006 and 400,426,012, with no remainder.

Since 400,426,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 400,426,012, 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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