Q: Is 231,074,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,074,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,074,724 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 231074724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 631 1,262 1,893 2,524 3,786 7,572 30,517 61,034 91,551 122,068 183,102 366,204 19,256,227 38,512,454 57,768,681 77,024,908 115,537,362 and 231,074,724, with no remainder.

Since 231,074,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,074,724, 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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