Q: Is 231,516 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,516 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,516 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 231516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 59 109 118 177 218 236 327 354 436 531 654 708 981 1,062 1,308 1,962 2,124 3,924 6,431 12,862 19,293 25,724 38,586 57,879 77,172 115,758 and 231,516, with no remainder.

Since 231,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,516, 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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