Q: Is 501,042,003 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 501,042,003 is not a prime number.

Why is 501,042,003 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 501042003 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 11 17 21 33 49 51 77 119 121 147 187 231 357 363 539 561 833 847 1,309 1,617 1,657 2,057 2,499 2,541 3,927 4,971 5,929 6,171 9,163 11,599 14,399 17,787 18,227 27,489 28,169 34,797 43,197 54,681 81,193 84,507 100,793 127,589 197,183 200,497 243,579 302,379 309,859 382,767 591,549 601,491 893,123 929,577 1,380,281 1,403,479 2,169,013 2,679,369 3,408,449 4,140,843 4,210,437 6,507,039 9,824,353 10,225,347 15,183,091 23,859,143 29,473,059 45,549,273 71,577,429 167,014,001 and 501,042,003, with no remainder.

Since 501,042,003 cannot be divided by just 1 and 501,042,003, 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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