Q: Is 240,237,272 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,237,272 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,237,272 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 240237272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 22 44 88 121 242 484 968 248,179 496,358 992,716 1,985,432 2,729,969 5,459,938 10,919,876 21,839,752 30,029,659 60,059,318 120,118,636 and 240,237,272, with no remainder.

Since 240,237,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,237,272, 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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