Q: Is 720,422,343 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 720,422,343 is not a prime number.

Why is 720,422,343 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 720422343 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 81 173 243 519 1,557 4,671 14,013 17,137 42,039 51,411 154,233 462,699 1,388,097 2,964,701 4,164,291 8,894,103 26,682,309 80,046,927 240,140,781 and 720,422,343, with no remainder.

Since 720,422,343 cannot be divided by just 1 and 720,422,343, 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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