Q: Is 420,521,316 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,521,316 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,521,316 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 420521316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 17 34 51 68 102 204 2,061,379 4,122,758 6,184,137 8,245,516 12,368,274 24,736,548 35,043,443 70,086,886 105,130,329 140,173,772 210,260,658 and 420,521,316, with no remainder.

Since 420,521,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,521,316, 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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