Q: Is 401,000,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 401,000,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 401,000,502 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 401000502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 101 202 303 606 707 1,414 2,121 4,242 94,531 189,062 283,593 567,186 661,717 1,323,434 1,985,151 3,970,302 9,547,631 19,095,262 28,642,893 57,285,786 66,833,417 133,666,834 200,500,251 and 401,000,502, with no remainder.

Since 401,000,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 401,000,502, 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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