Q: Is 422,131,472 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 422,131,472 is not a prime number.

Why is 422,131,472 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 422131472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 49 56 98 112 196 343 392 686 784 1,372 2,744 5,488 76,919 153,838 307,676 538,433 615,352 1,076,866 1,230,704 2,153,732 3,769,031 4,307,464 7,538,062 8,614,928 15,076,124 26,383,217 30,152,248 52,766,434 60,304,496 105,532,868 211,065,736 and 422,131,472, with no remainder.

Since 422,131,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 422,131,472, 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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