Q: Is 138,403,240 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 138,403,240 is not a prime number.

Why is 138,403,240 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 138403240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 43 67 86 134 172 215 268 335 344 430 536 670 860 1,201 1,340 1,720 2,402 2,680 2,881 4,804 5,762 6,005 9,608 11,524 12,010 14,405 23,048 24,020 28,810 48,040 51,643 57,620 80,467 103,286 115,240 160,934 206,572 258,215 321,868 402,335 413,144 516,430 643,736 804,670 1,032,860 1,609,340 2,065,720 3,218,680 3,460,081 6,920,162 13,840,324 17,300,405 27,680,648 34,600,810 69,201,620 and 138,403,240, with no remainder.

Since 138,403,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 138,403,240, 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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