Q: Is 400,792 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 400,792 is not a prime number.

Why is 400,792 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 400792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 56 68 119 136 238 421 476 842 952 1,684 2,947 3,368 5,894 7,157 11,788 14,314 23,576 28,628 50,099 57,256 100,198 200,396 and 400,792, with no remainder.

Since 400,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 400,792, 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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