Q: Is 402,230,342 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 402,230,342 is not a prime number.

Why is 402,230,342 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 402230342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 19 38 43 86 199 398 817 1,237 1,634 2,474 3,781 7,562 8,557 17,114 23,503 47,006 53,191 106,382 162,583 246,163 325,166 492,326 1,010,629 2,021,258 4,677,097 9,354,194 10,585,009 21,170,018 201,115,171 and 402,230,342, with no remainder.

Since 402,230,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 402,230,342, 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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