Q: Is 420,401,331 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,401,331 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,401,331 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 420401331 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 41 49 63 123 147 287 369 441 861 2,009 2,583 6,027 18,081 23,251 69,753 162,757 209,259 488,271 953,291 1,139,299 1,464,813 2,859,873 3,417,897 6,673,037 8,579,619 10,253,691 20,019,111 46,711,259 60,057,333 140,133,777 and 420,401,331, with no remainder.

Since 420,401,331 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,401,331, 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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