Q: Is 240,163,324 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,163,324 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,163,324 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 240163324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 31 62 124 659 1,318 2,636 2,939 5,878 11,756 20,429 40,858 81,716 91,109 182,218 364,436 1,936,801 3,873,602 7,747,204 60,040,831 120,081,662 and 240,163,324, with no remainder.

Since 240,163,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,163,324, 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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