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

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

Why is 231,231,020 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 231231020 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 661 1,322 2,644 3,305 6,610 13,220 17,491 34,982 69,964 87,455 174,910 349,820 11,561,551 23,123,102 46,246,204 57,807,755 115,615,510 and 231,231,020, with no remainder.

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