Q: Is 230,608 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 230,608 is not a prime number.

Why is 230,608 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 230608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 29 56 58 71 112 116 142 203 232 284 406 464 497 568 812 994 1,136 1,624 1,988 2,059 3,248 3,976 4,118 7,952 8,236 14,413 16,472 28,826 32,944 57,652 115,304 and 230,608, with no remainder.

Since 230,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 230,608, 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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