Q: Is 240,492 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,492 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,492 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 240492 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 49 84 98 147 196 294 409 588 818 1,227 1,636 2,454 2,863 4,908 5,726 8,589 11,452 17,178 20,041 34,356 40,082 60,123 80,164 120,246 and 240,492, with no remainder.

Since 240,492 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,492, it is not a prime number.


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