Q: Is 240,102,998 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,102,998 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,102,998 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 240102998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 31 62 241 482 7,471 14,942 16,069 32,138 498,139 996,278 3,872,629 7,745,258 120,051,499 and 240,102,998, with no remainder.

Since 240,102,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,102,998, 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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