Q: Is 407,715,426 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 407,715,426 is not a prime number.

Why is 407,715,426 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 407715426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 487 974 1,461 2,922 4,383 8,766 46,511 93,022 139,533 279,066 418,599 837,198 22,650,857 45,301,714 67,952,571 135,905,142 203,857,713 and 407,715,426, with no remainder.

Since 407,715,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 407,715,426, 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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