Q: Is 420,255,207 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,255,207 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,255,207 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 420255207 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 41 123 369 661 1,723 1,983 5,169 5,949 15,507 27,101 70,643 81,303 211,929 243,909 635,787 1,138,903 3,416,709 10,250,127 46,695,023 140,085,069 and 420,255,207, with no remainder.

Since 420,255,207 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,255,207, 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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