Q: Is 10,000,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,000,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,000,240 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 10000240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 125,003 250,006 500,012 625,015 1,000,024 1,250,030 2,000,048 2,500,060 5,000,120 and 10,000,240, with no remainder.

Since 10,000,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,000,240, 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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