Q: Is 240,548 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,548 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,548 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 240548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 44 71 77 121 142 154 242 284 308 484 497 781 847 994 1,562 1,694 1,988 3,124 3,388 5,467 8,591 10,934 17,182 21,868 34,364 60,137 120,274 and 240,548, with no remainder.

Since 240,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,548, 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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