Q: Is 240,548,592 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,548,592 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,548,592 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 240548592 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 31 48 62 93 124 186 248 372 496 744 1,488 161,659 323,318 484,977 646,636 969,954 1,293,272 1,939,908 2,586,544 3,879,816 5,011,429 7,759,632 10,022,858 15,034,287 20,045,716 30,068,574 40,091,432 60,137,148 80,182,864 120,274,296 and 240,548,592, with no remainder.

Since 240,548,592 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,548,592, 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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