Q: Is 240,424,302 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,424,302 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,424,302 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 240424302 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 61 102 122 183 289 366 578 867 1,037 1,734 2,074 2,273 3,111 4,546 6,222 6,819 13,638 17,629 35,258 38,641 52,887 77,282 105,774 115,923 138,653 231,846 277,306 415,959 656,897 831,918 1,313,794 1,970,691 2,357,101 3,941,382 4,714,202 7,071,303 14,142,606 40,070,717 80,141,434 120,212,151 and 240,424,302, with no remainder.

Since 240,424,302 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,424,302, 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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