Q: Is 240,424,300 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,424,300 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,424,300 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 240424300 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 25 50 100 131 262 524 655 1,310 2,620 3,275 6,550 13,100 18,353 36,706 73,412 91,765 183,530 367,060 458,825 917,650 1,835,300 2,404,243 4,808,486 9,616,972 12,021,215 24,042,430 48,084,860 60,106,075 120,212,150 and 240,424,300, with no remainder.

Since 240,424,300 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,424,300, 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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