Q: Is 240,200,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,200,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,200,012 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 240200012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 52 743 1,486 2,972 6,217 9,659 12,434 19,318 24,868 38,636 80,821 161,642 323,284 4,619,231 9,238,462 18,476,924 60,050,003 120,100,006 and 240,200,012, with no remainder.

Since 240,200,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,200,012, 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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