Q: Is 240,140,241 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,140,241 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,140,241 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 240140241 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 27 33 99 297 808,553 2,425,659 7,276,977 8,894,083 21,830,931 26,682,249 80,046,747 and 240,140,241, with no remainder.

Since 240,140,241 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,140,241, 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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