Q: Is 230,542,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 230,542,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 230,542,008 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 230542008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 197 394 591 788 1,182 1,576 2,364 4,728 48,761 97,522 146,283 195,044 292,566 390,088 585,132 1,170,264 9,605,917 19,211,834 28,817,751 38,423,668 57,635,502 76,847,336 115,271,004 and 230,542,008, with no remainder.

Since 230,542,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,542,008, 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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