Q: Is 820,470,856 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 820,470,856 is not a prime number.

Why is 820,470,856 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 820470856 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 37 74 148 296 2,771,861 5,543,722 11,087,444 22,174,888 102,558,857 205,117,714 410,235,428 and 820,470,856, with no remainder.

Since 820,470,856 cannot be divided by just 1 and 820,470,856, 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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