Q: Is 231,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,012 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 231012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 27 31 36 46 54 62 69 81 92 93 108 124 138 162 186 207 276 279 324 372 414 558 621 713 828 837 1,116 1,242 1,426 1,674 1,863 2,139 2,484 2,511 2,852 3,348 3,726 4,278 5,022 6,417 7,452 8,556 10,044 12,834 19,251 25,668 38,502 57,753 77,004 115,506 and 231,012, with no remainder.

Since 231,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,012, it is not a prime number.


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