Q: Is 542,208,560 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 542,208,560 is not a prime number.

Why is 542,208,560 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 542208560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 6,777,607 13,555,214 27,110,428 33,888,035 54,220,856 67,776,070 108,441,712 135,552,140 271,104,280 and 542,208,560, with no remainder.

Since 542,208,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 542,208,560, 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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