Q: Is 500,042,355 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 500,042,355 is not a prime number.

Why is 500,042,355 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 500042355 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 15 41 123 205 615 677 1,201 2,031 3,385 3,603 6,005 10,155 18,015 27,757 49,241 83,271 138,785 147,723 246,205 416,355 738,615 813,077 2,439,231 4,065,385 12,196,155 33,336,157 100,008,471 166,680,785 and 500,042,355, with no remainder.

Since 500,042,355 cannot be divided by just 1 and 500,042,355, 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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