Q: Is 420,104,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,104,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,104,142 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 420104142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 37 47 74 94 111 141 222 282 333 423 666 846 1,739 3,478 5,217 10,434 13,421 15,651 26,842 31,302 40,263 80,526 120,789 241,578 496,577 630,787 993,154 1,261,574 1,489,731 1,892,361 2,979,462 3,784,722 4,469,193 5,677,083 8,938,386 11,354,166 23,339,119 46,678,238 70,017,357 140,034,714 210,052,071 and 420,104,142, with no remainder.

Since 420,104,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,104,142, 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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