Q: Is 420,031,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,031,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,031,240 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 420031240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 40 68 85 136 170 340 680 617,693 1,235,386 2,470,772 3,088,465 4,941,544 6,176,930 10,500,781 12,353,860 21,001,562 24,707,720 42,003,124 52,503,905 84,006,248 105,007,810 210,015,620 and 420,031,240, with no remainder.

Since 420,031,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,031,240, 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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