Q: Is 231,331,023 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,331,023 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,331,023 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 231331023 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 19 21 33 57 63 77 99 133 171 209 231 399 627 693 1,197 1,463 1,881 4,389 13,167 17,569 52,707 122,983 158,121 193,259 333,811 368,949 579,777 1,001,433 1,106,847 1,352,813 1,739,331 2,336,677 3,004,299 3,671,921 4,058,439 7,010,031 11,015,763 12,175,317 21,030,093 25,703,447 33,047,289 77,110,341 and 231,331,023, with no remainder.

Since 231,331,023 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,331,023, 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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