Q: Is 240,262,268 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,262,268 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,262,268 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 240262268 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 67 134 268 617 1,234 1,453 2,468 2,906 5,812 41,339 82,678 97,351 165,356 194,702 389,404 896,501 1,793,002 3,586,004 60,065,567 120,131,134 and 240,262,268, with no remainder.

Since 240,262,268 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,262,268, 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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