Q: Is 231,210,020 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,210,020 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,210,020 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 231210020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 821 1,642 3,284 4,105 8,210 14,081 16,420 28,162 56,324 70,405 140,810 281,620 11,560,501 23,121,002 46,242,004 57,802,505 115,605,010 and 231,210,020, with no remainder.

Since 231,210,020 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,210,020, 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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