Q: Is 442,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 442,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 442,000 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 442000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 25 26 34 40 50 52 65 68 80 85 100 104 125 130 136 170 200 208 221 250 260 272 325 340 400 425 442 500 520 650 680 850 884 1,000 1,040 1,105 1,300 1,360 1,625 1,700 1,768 2,000 2,125 2,210 2,600 3,250 3,400 3,536 4,250 4,420 5,200 5,525 6,500 6,800 8,500 8,840 11,050 13,000 17,000 17,680 22,100 26,000 27,625 34,000 44,200 55,250 88,400 110,500 221,000 and 442,000, with no remainder.

Since 442,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 442,000, it is not a prime number.


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