Q: Is 231,315,002 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,315,002 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,315,002 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 231315002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 23 46 53 79 106 158 1,201 1,219 1,817 2,402 2,438 3,634 4,187 8,374 27,623 55,246 63,653 94,879 96,301 127,306 189,758 192,602 1,464,019 2,182,217 2,928,038 4,364,434 5,028,587 10,057,174 115,657,501 and 231,315,002, with no remainder.

Since 231,315,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,315,002, 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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