Q: Is 402,000,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 402,000,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 402,000,012 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 402000012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 71 142 213 284 426 639 852 1,278 2,556 157,277 314,554 471,831 629,108 943,662 1,415,493 1,887,324 2,830,986 5,661,972 11,166,667 22,333,334 33,500,001 44,666,668 67,000,002 100,500,003 134,000,004 201,000,006 and 402,000,012, with no remainder.

Since 402,000,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 402,000,012, 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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