Q: Is 240,770,502 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,770,502 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,770,502 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 240770502 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 43 54 63 86 126 129 189 258 301 378 387 602 774 903 1,161 1,806 2,322 2,709 5,418 8,127 14,813 16,254 29,626 44,439 88,878 103,691 133,317 207,382 266,634 311,073 399,951 622,146 636,959 799,902 933,219 1,273,918 1,866,438 1,910,877 2,799,657 3,821,754 4,458,713 5,599,314 5,732,631 8,917,426 11,465,262 13,376,139 17,197,893 26,752,278 34,395,786 40,128,417 80,256,834 120,385,251 and 240,770,502, with no remainder.

Since 240,770,502 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,770,502, 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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