Q: Is 240,748,572 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,748,572 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,748,572 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 240748572 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 43 86 129 172 258 516 466,567 933,134 1,399,701 1,866,268 2,799,402 5,598,804 20,062,381 40,124,762 60,187,143 80,249,524 120,374,286 and 240,748,572, with no remainder.

Since 240,748,572 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,748,572, 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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