Q: Is 471,742,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 471,742,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 471,742,504 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 471742504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 197 394 788 1,576 299,329 598,658 1,197,316 2,394,632 58,967,813 117,935,626 235,871,252 and 471,742,504, with no remainder.

Since 471,742,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 471,742,504, 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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