Q: Is 422,513,217 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 422,513,217 is not a prime number.

Why is 422,513,217 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 422513217 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 63 601 1,803 4,207 5,409 11,159 12,621 33,477 37,863 78,113 100,431 234,339 703,017 6,706,559 20,119,677 46,945,913 60,359,031 140,837,739 and 422,513,217, with no remainder.

Since 422,513,217 cannot be divided by just 1 and 422,513,217, 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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