Q: Is 231,324,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,324,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,324,248 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 231324248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 23 46 71 92 142 184 284 568 1,633 3,266 6,532 13,064 17,707 35,414 70,828 141,656 407,261 814,522 1,257,197 1,629,044 2,514,394 3,258,088 5,028,788 10,057,576 28,915,531 57,831,062 115,662,124 and 231,324,248, with no remainder.

Since 231,324,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,324,248, 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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