Q: Is 422,472 a Prime Number?

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

Why is 422,472 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 422472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 29 58 87 116 174 232 348 607 696 1,214 1,821 2,428 3,642 4,856 7,284 14,568 17,603 35,206 52,809 70,412 105,618 140,824 211,236 and 422,472, with no remainder.

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