Q: Is 231,024,136 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,024,136 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,024,136 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 231024136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 4,125,431 8,250,862 16,501,724 28,878,017 33,003,448 57,756,034 115,512,068 and 231,024,136, with no remainder.

Since 231,024,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,024,136, 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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