Q: Is 402,502,374 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 402,502,374 is not a prime number.

Why is 402,502,374 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 402502374 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 233 466 699 1,398 2,097 4,194 95,971 191,942 287,913 575,826 863,739 1,727,478 22,361,243 44,722,486 67,083,729 134,167,458 201,251,187 and 402,502,374, with no remainder.

Since 402,502,374 cannot be divided by just 1 and 402,502,374, 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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