Q: Is 231,672 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,672 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,672 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 231672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 196 197 294 392 394 588 591 788 1,176 1,182 1,379 1,576 2,364 2,758 4,137 4,728 5,516 8,274 9,653 11,032 16,548 19,306 28,959 33,096 38,612 57,918 77,224 115,836 and 231,672, with no remainder.

Since 231,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,672, 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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