Q: Is 240,732,876 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,732,876 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,732,876 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 240732876 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 67 134 201 268 402 804 299,419 598,838 898,257 1,197,676 1,796,514 3,593,028 20,061,073 40,122,146 60,183,219 80,244,292 120,366,438 and 240,732,876, with no remainder.

Since 240,732,876 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,732,876, 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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