Q: Is 240,005,016 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,005,016 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,005,016 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 240005016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 43 72 86 129 172 258 344 387 516 774 1,032 1,548 3,096 77,521 155,042 232,563 310,084 465,126 620,168 697,689 930,252 1,395,378 1,860,504 2,790,756 3,333,403 5,581,512 6,666,806 10,000,209 13,333,612 20,000,418 26,667,224 30,000,627 40,000,836 60,001,254 80,001,672 120,002,508 and 240,005,016, with no remainder.

Since 240,005,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,005,016, 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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