Q: Is 242,118,828 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 242,118,828 is not a prime number.

Why is 242,118,828 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 242118828 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 17 18 21 27 28 34 36 42 51 54 63 68 84 102 108 119 126 153 189 204 238 252 306 357 378 459 476 612 714 756 918 1,071 1,428 1,836 2,142 3,213 4,284 6,426 12,852 18,839 37,678 56,517 75,356 113,034 131,873 169,551 226,068 263,746 320,263 339,102 395,619 508,653 527,492 640,526 678,204 791,238 960,789 1,017,306 1,186,857 1,281,052 1,582,476 1,921,578 2,034,612 2,241,841 2,373,714 2,882,367 3,560,571 3,843,156 4,483,682 4,747,428 5,764,734 6,725,523 7,121,142 8,647,101 8,967,364 11,529,468 13,451,046 14,242,284 17,294,202 20,176,569 26,902,092 34,588,404 40,353,138 60,529,707 80,706,276 121,059,414 and 242,118,828, with no remainder.

Since 242,118,828 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,118,828, 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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