Q: Is 478,508,328 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 478,508,328 is not a prime number.

Why is 478,508,328 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 478508328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 6,645,949 13,291,898 19,937,847 26,583,796 39,875,694 53,167,592 59,813,541 79,751,388 119,627,082 159,502,776 239,254,164 and 478,508,328, with no remainder.

Since 478,508,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 478,508,328, 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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