Q: Is 240,279 a Prime Number?
A: No, 240,279 is 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 240279 can be evenly divided by 1 3 13 39 61 101 183 303 793 1,313 2,379 3,939 6,161 18,483 80,093 and 240,279, with no remainder.
Since 240,279 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,279, it is not a prime number.