Q: Is 240,430,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,430,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,430,424 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 240430424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 52 71 104 142 284 568 923 1,846 3,692 7,384 32,561 65,122 130,244 260,488 423,293 846,586 1,693,172 2,311,831 3,386,344 4,623,662 9,247,324 18,494,648 30,053,803 60,107,606 120,215,212 and 240,430,424, with no remainder.

Since 240,430,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,430,424, 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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