Q: Is 240,401,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,401,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,401,142 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 240401142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 283 566 849 1,698 2,547 5,094 7,641 15,282 15,731 31,462 47,193 94,386 141,579 283,158 424,737 849,474 4,451,873 8,903,746 13,355,619 26,711,238 40,066,857 80,133,714 120,200,571 and 240,401,142, with no remainder.

Since 240,401,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,401,142, 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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