Q: Is 140,431,024 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 140,431,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 140,431,024 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 140431024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 103 206 412 824 1,648 85,213 170,426 340,852 681,704 1,363,408 8,776,939 17,553,878 35,107,756 70,215,512 and 140,431,024, with no remainder.

Since 140,431,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,431,024, 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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