Q: Is 23,431,000 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 23,431,000 is not a prime number.

Why is 23,431,000 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 23431000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 100 125 200 250 500 1,000 23,431 46,862 93,724 117,155 187,448 234,310 468,620 585,775 937,240 1,171,550 2,343,100 2,928,875 4,686,200 5,857,750 11,715,500 and 23,431,000, with no remainder.

Since 23,431,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 23,431,000, 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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