Q: Is 231,321,208 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,321,208 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,321,208 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 231321208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 449 898 1,796 3,592 64,399 128,798 257,596 515,192 28,915,151 57,830,302 115,660,604 and 231,321,208, with no remainder.

Since 231,321,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,321,208, 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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