Q: Is 240,694,872 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,694,872 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,694,872 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 240694872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 132 264 911,723 1,823,446 2,735,169 3,646,892 5,470,338 7,293,784 10,028,953 10,940,676 20,057,906 21,881,352 30,086,859 40,115,812 60,173,718 80,231,624 120,347,436 and 240,694,872, with no remainder.

Since 240,694,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,694,872, 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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