Q: Is 240,242,452 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,242,452 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,242,452 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 240242452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 23 41 46 82 92 164 943 1,886 3,772 63,691 127,382 254,764 1,464,893 2,611,331 2,929,786 5,222,662 5,859,572 10,445,324 60,060,613 120,121,226 and 240,242,452, with no remainder.

Since 240,242,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,242,452, 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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