Q: Is 420,948 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,948 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,948 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 420948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 99 132 198 396 1,063 2,126 3,189 4,252 6,378 9,567 11,693 12,756 19,134 23,386 35,079 38,268 46,772 70,158 105,237 140,316 210,474 and 420,948, with no remainder.

Since 420,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,948, it is not a prime number.


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