Q: Is 231,042,024 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,042,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,042,024 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 231042024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 216 1,069,639 2,139,278 3,208,917 4,278,556 6,417,834 8,557,112 9,626,751 12,835,668 19,253,502 25,671,336 28,880,253 38,507,004 57,760,506 77,014,008 115,521,012 and 231,042,024, with no remainder.

Since 231,042,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,042,024, 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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