Q: Is 231,012,243 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,012,243 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,012,243 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 231012243 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 21 27 33 63 77 81 99 189 231 297 567 693 891 2,079 6,237 37,039 111,117 259,273 333,351 407,429 777,819 1,000,053 1,222,287 2,333,457 2,852,003 3,000,159 3,666,861 7,000,371 8,556,009 11,000,583 21,001,113 25,668,027 33,001,749 77,004,081 and 231,012,243, with no remainder.

Since 231,012,243 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,012,243, 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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