Q: Is 240,243,430 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,243,430 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,243,430 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 240243430 can be evenly divided by 1 2 5 7 10 14 35 70 139 278 695 973 1,390 1,946 4,865 9,730 24,691 49,382 123,455 172,837 246,910 345,674 864,185 1,728,370 3,432,049 6,864,098 17,160,245 24,024,343 34,320,490 48,048,686 120,121,715 and 240,243,430, with no remainder.

Since 240,243,430 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,243,430, 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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