Q: Is 420,462 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 420,462 is not a prime number.

Why is 420,462 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 420462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 47 63 71 94 126 141 142 213 282 329 423 426 497 639 658 846 987 994 1,278 1,491 1,974 2,961 2,982 3,337 4,473 5,922 6,674 8,946 10,011 20,022 23,359 30,033 46,718 60,066 70,077 140,154 210,231 and 420,462, with no remainder.

Since 420,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 420,462, 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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