Q: Is 231,002,018 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,002,018 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,002,018 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 231002018 can be evenly divided by 1 2 13 17 23 26 31 34 46 62 221 299 391 403 442 527 598 713 733 782 806 1,054 1,426 1,466 5,083 6,851 9,269 9,529 10,166 12,121 12,461 13,702 16,859 18,538 19,058 22,723 24,242 24,922 33,718 45,446 157,573 161,993 219,167 286,603 295,399 315,146 323,986 386,291 438,334 522,629 573,206 590,798 772,582 1,045,258 3,725,839 5,021,783 6,794,177 7,451,678 8,884,693 10,043,566 13,588,354 17,769,386 115,501,009 and 231,002,018, with no remainder.

Since 231,002,018 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,002,018, 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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