Q: Is 501,054,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 501,054,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 501,054,012 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 501054012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 81 108 162 324 1,546,463 3,092,926 4,639,389 6,185,852 9,278,778 13,918,167 18,557,556 27,836,334 41,754,501 55,672,668 83,509,002 125,263,503 167,018,004 250,527,006 and 501,054,012, with no remainder.

Since 501,054,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 501,054,012, 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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