Q: Is 240,255,316 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,255,316 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,255,316 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 240255316 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 59 118 236 413 826 1,652 145,433 290,866 581,732 1,018,031 2,036,062 4,072,124 8,580,547 17,161,094 34,322,188 60,063,829 120,127,658 and 240,255,316, with no remainder.

Since 240,255,316 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,255,316, 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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