Q: Is 231,920 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,920 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,920 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 231920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 40 52 65 80 104 130 208 223 260 446 520 892 1,040 1,115 1,784 2,230 2,899 3,568 4,460 5,798 8,920 11,596 14,495 17,840 23,192 28,990 46,384 57,980 115,960 and 231,920, with no remainder.

Since 231,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,920, it is not a prime number.


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