Q: Is 230,542,002 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 230,542,002 is not a prime number.

Why is 230,542,002 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 230542002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 503 1,006 1,509 3,018 4,527 9,054 25,463 50,926 76,389 152,778 229,167 458,334 12,807,889 25,615,778 38,423,667 76,847,334 115,271,001 and 230,542,002, with no remainder.

Since 230,542,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,542,002, 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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