Q: Is 242,341,308 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 242,341,308 is not a prime number.

Why is 242,341,308 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 242341308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 33 36 44 54 66 81 97 99 108 132 162 194 198 291 297 324 388 396 582 594 701 873 891 1,067 1,164 1,188 1,402 1,746 1,782 2,103 2,134 2,619 2,804 3,201 3,492 3,564 4,206 4,268 5,238 6,309 6,402 7,711 7,857 8,412 9,603 10,476 12,618 12,804 15,422 15,714 18,927 19,206 23,133 25,236 28,809 30,844 31,428 37,854 38,412 46,266 56,781 57,618 67,997 69,399 75,708 86,427 92,532 113,562 115,236 135,994 138,798 172,854 203,991 208,197 227,124 271,988 277,596 345,708 407,982 416,394 611,973 624,591 747,967 815,964 832,788 1,223,946 1,249,182 1,495,934 1,835,919 2,243,901 2,447,892 2,498,364 2,991,868 3,671,838 4,487,802 5,507,757 6,731,703 7,343,676 8,975,604 11,015,514 13,463,406 20,195,109 22,031,028 26,926,812 40,390,218 60,585,327 80,780,436 121,170,654 and 242,341,308, with no remainder.

Since 242,341,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,341,308, 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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