Q: Is 242,133,232 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 242,133,232 is not a prime number.

Why is 242,133,232 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 242133232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 44 88 176 1,375,757 2,751,514 5,503,028 11,006,056 15,133,327 22,012,112 30,266,654 60,533,308 121,066,616 and 242,133,232, with no remainder.

Since 242,133,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,133,232, 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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