Q: Is 131,424,340 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 131,424,340 is not a prime number.

Why is 131,424,340 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 131424340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 43 86 172 215 430 860 152,819 305,638 611,276 764,095 1,528,190 3,056,380 6,571,217 13,142,434 26,284,868 32,856,085 65,712,170 and 131,424,340, with no remainder.

Since 131,424,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 131,424,340, 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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