Q: Is 420,242,132 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,242,132 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,242,132 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 420242132 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 29 58 59 116 118 236 1,711 3,422 6,844 61,403 122,806 245,612 1,780,687 3,561,374 3,622,777 7,122,748 7,245,554 14,491,108 105,060,533 210,121,066 and 420,242,132, with no remainder.

Since 420,242,132 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,242,132, 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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