Q: Is 240,234,124 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,234,124 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,234,124 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 240234124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 52 601 1,202 2,404 7,687 7,813 15,374 15,626 30,748 31,252 99,931 199,862 399,724 4,619,887 9,239,774 18,479,548 60,058,531 120,117,062 and 240,234,124, with no remainder.

Since 240,234,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,234,124, 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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