Q: Is 478,338,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 478,338,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 478,338,424 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 478338424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 101 202 239 404 478 808 956 1,912 2,477 4,954 9,908 19,816 24,139 48,278 96,556 193,112 250,177 500,354 592,003 1,000,708 1,184,006 2,001,416 2,368,012 4,736,024 59,792,303 119,584,606 239,169,212 and 478,338,424, with no remainder.

Since 478,338,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 478,338,424, 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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