Q: Is 23,231,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 23,231,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 23,231,008 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 23231008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 43 86 172 344 688 1,376 16,883 33,766 67,532 135,064 270,128 540,256 725,969 1,451,938 2,903,876 5,807,752 11,615,504 and 23,231,008, with no remainder.

Since 23,231,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,231,008, 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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