Q: Is 50,421,052 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 50,421,052 is not a prime number.

Why is 50,421,052 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 50421052 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 113 226 452 1,243 2,486 4,972 10,141 20,282 40,564 111,551 223,102 446,204 1,145,933 2,291,866 4,583,732 12,605,263 25,210,526 and 50,421,052, with no remainder.

Since 50,421,052 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,421,052, 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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