Q: Is 402,420,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 402,420,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 402,420,402 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 402420402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 43 86 129 258 387 774 519,923 1,039,846 1,559,769 3,119,538 4,679,307 9,358,614 22,356,689 44,713,378 67,070,067 134,140,134 201,210,201 and 402,420,402, with no remainder.

Since 402,420,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 402,420,402, 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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