Q: Is 240,717,078 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,717,078 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,717,078 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 240717078 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 63 126 337 674 1,011 2,022 2,359 3,033 4,718 5,669 6,066 7,077 11,338 14,154 17,007 21,231 34,014 39,683 42,462 51,021 79,366 102,042 119,049 238,098 357,147 714,294 1,910,453 3,820,906 5,731,359 11,462,718 13,373,171 17,194,077 26,746,342 34,388,154 40,119,513 80,239,026 120,358,539 and 240,717,078, with no remainder.

Since 240,717,078 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,717,078, 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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