Q: Is 240,423,216 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,423,216 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,423,216 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 240423216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 88 132 176 264 283 528 566 849 1,132 1,609 1,698 2,264 3,113 3,218 3,396 4,528 4,827 6,226 6,436 6,792 9,339 9,654 12,452 12,872 13,584 17,699 18,678 19,308 24,904 25,744 35,398 37,356 38,616 49,808 53,097 70,796 74,712 77,232 106,194 141,592 149,424 212,388 283,184 424,776 455,347 849,552 910,694 1,366,041 1,821,388 2,732,082 3,642,776 5,008,817 5,464,164 7,285,552 10,017,634 10,928,328 15,026,451 20,035,268 21,856,656 30,052,902 40,070,536 60,105,804 80,141,072 120,211,608 and 240,423,216, with no remainder.

Since 240,423,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,423,216, 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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