Q: Is 237,242,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 237,242,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 237,242,724 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 237242724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 787 1,574 2,361 3,148 4,722 9,444 25,121 50,242 75,363 100,484 150,726 301,452 19,770,227 39,540,454 59,310,681 79,080,908 118,621,362 and 237,242,724, with no remainder.

Since 237,242,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 237,242,724, 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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