Q: Is 242,017,308 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 242,017,308 is not a prime number.

Why is 242,017,308 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 242017308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 81 107 108 117 156 162 179 214 234 243 321 324 351 358 428 468 486 537 642 702 716 963 972 1,053 1,074 1,284 1,391 1,404 1,611 1,926 2,106 2,148 2,327 2,782 2,889 3,159 3,222 3,852 4,173 4,212 4,654 4,833 5,564 5,778 6,318 6,444 6,981 8,346 8,667 9,308 9,666 11,556 12,519 12,636 13,962 14,499 16,692 17,334 19,153 19,332 20,943 25,038 26,001 27,924 28,998 34,668 37,557 38,306 41,886 43,497 50,076 52,002 57,459 57,996 62,829 75,114 76,612 83,772 86,994 104,004 112,671 114,918 125,658 150,228 172,377 173,988 188,487 225,342 229,836 248,989 251,316 338,013 344,754 376,974 450,684 497,978 517,131 565,461 676,026 689,508 746,967 753,948 995,956 1,034,262 1,130,922 1,352,052 1,493,934 1,551,393 2,068,524 2,240,901 2,261,844 2,987,868 3,102,786 4,481,802 4,654,179 6,205,572 6,722,703 8,963,604 9,308,358 13,445,406 18,616,716 20,168,109 26,890,812 40,336,218 60,504,327 80,672,436 121,008,654 and 242,017,308, with no remainder.

Since 242,017,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,017,308, 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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