Q: Is 240,470,548 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,470,548 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,470,548 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 240470548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 37 59 74 118 148 236 2,183 4,366 8,732 27,539 55,078 110,156 1,018,943 1,624,801 2,037,886 3,249,602 4,075,772 6,499,204 60,117,637 120,235,274 and 240,470,548, with no remainder.

Since 240,470,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,470,548, 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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