Q: Is 420,532,428 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,532,428 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,532,428 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 420532428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 251 502 753 1,004 1,506 3,012 139,619 279,238 418,857 558,476 837,714 1,675,428 35,044,369 70,088,738 105,133,107 140,177,476 210,266,214 and 420,532,428, with no remainder.

Since 420,532,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,532,428, 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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