Q: Is 850,713,505 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 850,713,505 is not a prime number.

Why is 850,713,505 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 850713505 can be evenly divided by 1 5 19 43 95 215 817 4,085 208,253 1,041,265 3,956,807 8,954,879 19,784,035 44,774,395 170,142,701 and 850,713,505, with no remainder.

Since 850,713,505 cannot be divided by just 1 and 850,713,505, 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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