Q: Is 231,100,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,100,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,100,402 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 231100402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 13 26 169 338 593 1,153 1,186 2,306 7,709 14,989 15,418 29,978 100,217 194,857 200,434 389,714 683,729 1,367,458 8,888,477 17,776,954 115,550,201 and 231,100,402, with no remainder.

Since 231,100,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,100,402, 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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