Q: Is 231,120,232 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,120,232 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,120,232 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 231120232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 4,127,147 8,254,294 16,508,588 28,890,029 33,017,176 57,780,058 115,560,116 and 231,120,232, with no remainder.

Since 231,120,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,120,232, 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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