Q: Is 231,313,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,313,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,313,012 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 231313012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 349 698 1,396 2,443 4,886 9,772 23,671 47,342 94,684 165,697 331,394 662,788 8,261,179 16,522,358 33,044,716 57,828,253 115,656,506 and 231,313,012, with no remainder.

Since 231,313,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,313,012, 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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