Q: Is 478,720,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 478,720,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 478,720,008 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 478720008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 234 312 468 936 511,453 1,022,906 1,534,359 2,045,812 3,068,718 4,091,624 4,603,077 6,137,436 6,648,889 9,206,154 12,274,872 13,297,778 18,412,308 19,946,667 26,595,556 36,824,616 39,893,334 53,191,112 59,840,001 79,786,668 119,680,002 159,573,336 239,360,004 and 478,720,008, with no remainder.

Since 478,720,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 478,720,008, 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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