Q: Is 426,425,456 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 426,425,456 is not a prime number.

Why is 426,425,456 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 426425456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 307 614 1,228 2,456 4,912 86,813 173,626 347,252 694,504 1,389,008 26,651,591 53,303,182 106,606,364 213,212,728 and 426,425,456, with no remainder.

Since 426,425,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 426,425,456, 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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