Q: Is 401,021,517 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 401,021,517 is not a prime number.

Why is 401,021,517 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 401021517 can be evenly divided by 1 3 13 17 39 51 221 663 604,859 1,814,577 7,863,167 10,282,603 23,589,501 30,847,809 133,673,839 and 401,021,517, with no remainder.

Since 401,021,517 cannot be divided by just 1 and 401,021,517, 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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