Q: Is 850,426,616 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 850,426,616 is not a prime number.

Why is 850,426,616 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 850426616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 52 104 8,177,179 16,354,358 32,708,716 65,417,432 106,303,327 212,606,654 425,213,308 and 850,426,616, with no remainder.

Since 850,426,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 850,426,616, 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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