Q: Is 505,513,242 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 505,513,242 is not a prime number.

Why is 505,513,242 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 505513242 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 18 26 39 78 117 234 607 1,214 1,821 3,559 3,642 5,463 7,118 7,891 10,677 10,926 15,782 21,354 23,673 32,031 46,267 47,346 64,062 71,019 92,534 138,801 142,038 277,602 416,403 832,806 2,160,313 4,320,626 6,480,939 12,961,878 19,442,817 28,084,069 38,885,634 56,168,138 84,252,207 168,504,414 252,756,621 and 505,513,242, with no remainder.

Since 505,513,242 cannot be divided by just 1 and 505,513,242, 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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