Q: Is 231,402,678 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,402,678 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,402,678 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 231402678 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 23 26 39 46 69 78 138 299 598 897 1,794 128,987 257,974 386,961 773,922 1,676,831 2,966,701 3,353,662 5,030,493 5,933,402 8,900,103 10,060,986 17,800,206 38,567,113 77,134,226 115,701,339 and 231,402,678, with no remainder.

Since 231,402,678 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,402,678, 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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