Q: Is 240,526,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,526,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,526,420 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 240526420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 397 794 1,588 1,985 3,970 7,940 30,293 60,586 121,172 151,465 302,930 605,860 12,026,321 24,052,642 48,105,284 60,131,605 120,263,210 and 240,526,420, with no remainder.

Since 240,526,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,526,420, 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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