Q: Is 422,501,139 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 422,501,139 is not a prime number.

Why is 422,501,139 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 422501139 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 31 93 279 727 2,083 2,181 6,249 6,543 18,747 22,537 64,573 67,611 193,719 202,833 581,157 1,514,341 4,543,023 13,629,069 46,944,571 140,833,713 and 422,501,139, with no remainder.

Since 422,501,139 cannot be divided by just 1 and 422,501,139, 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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