Q: Is 420,421,408 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,421,408 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,421,408 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 420421408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 44 88 176 352 1,194,379 2,388,758 4,777,516 9,555,032 13,138,169 19,110,064 26,276,338 38,220,128 52,552,676 105,105,352 210,210,704 and 420,421,408, with no remainder.

Since 420,421,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,421,408, 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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