Q: Is 240,547,024 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,547,024 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,547,024 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 240547024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 103 206 412 824 1,648 145,963 291,926 583,852 1,167,704 2,335,408 15,034,189 30,068,378 60,136,756 120,273,512 and 240,547,024, with no remainder.

Since 240,547,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,547,024, 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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