Q: Is 231,002,020 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,002,020 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,002,020 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 231002020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 43 86 172 215 430 860 268,607 537,214 1,074,428 1,343,035 2,686,070 5,372,140 11,550,101 23,100,202 46,200,404 57,750,505 115,501,010 and 231,002,020, with no remainder.

Since 231,002,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,002,020, 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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