Q: Is 240,051 a Prime Number?

A: No, 240,051 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,051 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 240051 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 21 23 49 69 71 147 161 213 483 497 1,127 1,491 1,633 3,381 3,479 4,899 10,437 11,431 34,293 80,017 and 240,051, with no remainder.

Since 240,051 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,051, it is not a prime number.

Number	240,049	240,050	240,052	240,053
Prime?	yes	no	no	no

All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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