Q: Is 240,506,106 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,506,106 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,506,106 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 240506106 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 29 34 51 58 87 102 174 493 986 1,479 2,958 81,307 162,614 243,921 487,842 1,382,219 2,357,903 2,764,438 4,146,657 4,715,806 7,073,709 8,293,314 14,147,418 40,084,351 80,168,702 120,253,053 and 240,506,106, with no remainder.

Since 240,506,106 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,506,106, 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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