Q: Is 240,540,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,540,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,540,248 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 240540248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 26 52 104 1,033 2,066 2,239 4,132 4,478 8,264 8,956 13,429 17,912 26,858 29,107 53,716 58,214 107,432 116,428 232,856 2,312,887 4,625,774 9,251,548 18,503,096 30,067,531 60,135,062 120,270,124 and 240,540,248, with no remainder.

Since 240,540,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,540,248, 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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