Q: Is 242,000,199 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 242,000,199 is not a prime number.

Why is 242,000,199 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 242000199 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 63 1,307 2,939 3,921 8,817 9,149 11,763 20,573 26,451 27,447 61,719 82,341 185,157 3,841,273 11,523,819 26,888,911 34,571,457 80,666,733 and 242,000,199, with no remainder.

Since 242,000,199 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,000,199, 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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