Q: Is 420,304,023 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,304,023 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,304,023 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 420304023 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 59 177 531 643 1,231 1,929 3,693 5,787 11,079 37,937 72,629 113,811 217,887 341,433 653,661 791,533 2,374,599 7,123,797 46,700,447 140,101,341 and 420,304,023, with no remainder.

Since 420,304,023 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,304,023, 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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