Q: Is 402,609,123 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 402,609,123 is not a prime number.

Why is 402,609,123 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 402609123 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 27 63 81 189 239 567 717 1,673 2,151 2,971 5,019 6,453 8,913 15,057 19,359 20,797 26,739 45,171 62,391 80,217 135,513 187,173 240,651 561,519 710,069 1,684,557 2,130,207 4,970,483 6,390,621 14,911,449 19,171,863 44,734,347 57,515,589 134,203,041 and 402,609,123, with no remainder.

Since 402,609,123 cannot be divided by just 1 and 402,609,123, 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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