Q: Is 240,121,698 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,121,698 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,121,698 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 240121698 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 179 358 537 1,074 223,577 447,154 670,731 1,341,462 40,020,283 80,040,566 120,060,849 and 240,121,698, with no remainder.

Since 240,121,698 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,121,698, 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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