Q: Is 401,968 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 401,968 is not a prime number.

Why is 401,968 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 401968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 37 56 74 97 112 148 194 259 296 388 518 592 679 776 1,036 1,358 1,552 2,072 2,716 3,589 4,144 5,432 7,178 10,864 14,356 25,123 28,712 50,246 57,424 100,492 200,984 and 401,968, with no remainder.

Since 401,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 401,968, 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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