Q: Is 240,048,531 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,048,531 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,048,531 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 240048531 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 31 79 93 237 279 711 2,449 7,347 10,891 22,041 32,673 98,019 337,621 860,389 1,012,863 2,581,167 3,038,589 7,743,501 26,672,059 80,016,177 and 240,048,531, with no remainder.

Since 240,048,531 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,048,531, 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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