Q: Is 478,337,079 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 478,337,079 is not a prime number.

Why is 478,337,079 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 478337079 can be evenly divided by 1 3 11 33 121 197 363 591 2,167 6,501 6,689 20,067 23,837 71,511 73,579 220,737 809,369 1,317,733 2,428,107 3,953,199 14,495,063 43,485,189 159,445,693 and 478,337,079, with no remainder.

Since 478,337,079 cannot be divided by just 1 and 478,337,079, 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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