Q: Is 241,230,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 241,230,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 241,230,042 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 241230042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 19 27 38 54 57 114 171 342 513 1,026 235,117 470,234 705,351 1,410,702 2,116,053 4,232,106 4,467,223 6,348,159 8,934,446 12,696,318 13,401,669 26,803,338 40,205,007 80,410,014 120,615,021 and 241,230,042, with no remainder.

Since 241,230,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 241,230,042, 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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