Q: Is 424,500,558 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 424,500,558 is not a prime number.

Why is 424,500,558 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 424500558 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 23 43 46 69 86 129 138 258 989 1,978 2,967 5,934 71,537 143,074 214,611 429,222 1,645,351 3,076,091 3,290,702 4,936,053 6,152,182 9,228,273 9,872,106 18,456,546 70,750,093 141,500,186 212,250,279 and 424,500,558, with no remainder.

Since 424,500,558 cannot be divided by just 1 and 424,500,558, 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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