Q: Is 240,220,209 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,220,209 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,220,209 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 240220209 can be evenly divided by 1 3 31 93 97 291 859 961 2,577 2,883 3,007 9,021 26,629 79,887 83,323 93,217 249,969 279,651 825,499 2,476,497 2,583,013 7,749,039 80,073,403 and 240,220,209, with no remainder.

Since 240,220,209 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,220,209, 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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