Q: Is 240,221,476 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,221,476 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,221,476 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 240221476 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 23 44 46 92 253 506 1,012 237,373 474,746 949,492 2,611,103 5,222,206 5,459,579 10,444,412 10,919,158 21,838,316 60,055,369 120,110,738 and 240,221,476, with no remainder.

Since 240,221,476 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,221,476, 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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