Q: Is 501,420,006 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 501,420,006 is not a prime number.

Why is 501,420,006 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 501420006 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 157 314 471 942 1,413 2,826 177,431 354,862 532,293 1,064,586 1,596,879 3,193,758 27,856,667 55,713,334 83,570,001 167,140,002 250,710,003 and 501,420,006, with no remainder.

Since 501,420,006 cannot be divided by just 1 and 501,420,006, 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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