Q: Is 420,742,134 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,742,134 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,742,134 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 420742134 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 271 542 813 1,626 2,439 4,878 7,317 14,634 28,751 57,502 86,253 172,506 258,759 517,518 776,277 1,552,554 7,791,521 15,583,042 23,374,563 46,749,126 70,123,689 140,247,378 210,371,067 and 420,742,134, with no remainder.

Since 420,742,134 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,742,134, 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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