Q: Is 229,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 229,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 229,120 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 229120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 128 160 179 256 320 358 640 716 895 1,280 1,432 1,790 2,864 3,580 5,728 7,160 11,456 14,320 22,912 28,640 45,824 57,280 114,560 and 229,120, with no remainder.

Since 229,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 229,120, 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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