Q: Is 240,323,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,323,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,323,248 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 240323248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 19 22 38 44 76 88 152 176 209 304 418 836 1,672 3,344 71,867 143,734 287,468 574,936 790,537 1,149,872 1,365,473 1,581,074 2,730,946 3,162,148 5,461,892 6,324,296 10,923,784 12,648,592 15,020,203 21,847,568 30,040,406 60,080,812 120,161,624 and 240,323,248, with no remainder.

Since 240,323,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,323,248, 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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