Q: Is 240,656 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,656 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,656 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 240656 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 52 89 104 169 178 208 338 356 676 712 1,157 1,352 1,424 2,314 2,704 4,628 9,256 15,041 18,512 30,082 60,164 120,328 and 240,656, with no remainder.

Since 240,656 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,656, 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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