Q: Is 400,542,003 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 400,542,003 is not a prime number.

Why is 400,542,003 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 400542003 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 81 97 243 291 873 2,619 7,857 16,993 23,571 50,979 152,937 458,811 1,376,433 1,648,321 4,129,299 4,944,963 14,834,889 44,504,667 133,514,001 and 400,542,003, with no remainder.

Since 400,542,003 cannot be divided by just 1 and 400,542,003, 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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