Q: Is 240,724,880 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,724,880 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,724,880 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 240724880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 40 44 55 80 88 110 176 220 440 880 273,551 547,102 1,094,204 1,367,755 2,188,408 2,735,510 3,009,061 4,376,816 5,471,020 6,018,122 10,942,040 12,036,244 15,045,305 21,884,080 24,072,488 30,090,610 48,144,976 60,181,220 120,362,440 and 240,724,880, with no remainder.

Since 240,724,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,724,880, 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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