Q: Is 231,080,828 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,080,828 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,080,828 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 231080828 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 139 278 556 1,529 3,058 6,116 37,783 75,566 151,132 415,613 831,226 1,662,452 5,251,837 10,503,674 21,007,348 57,770,207 115,540,414 and 231,080,828, with no remainder.

Since 231,080,828 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,080,828, 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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