Q: Is 240,331,340 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,331,340 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,331,340 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 240331340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 41 82 164 205 410 820 293,087 586,174 1,172,348 1,465,435 2,930,870 5,861,740 12,016,567 24,033,134 48,066,268 60,082,835 120,165,670 and 240,331,340, with no remainder.

Since 240,331,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,331,340, 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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