Q: Is 242,503,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 242,503,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 242,503,072 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 242503072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 56 112 224 1,082,603 2,165,206 4,330,412 7,578,221 8,660,824 15,156,442 17,321,648 30,312,884 34,643,296 60,625,768 121,251,536 and 242,503,072, with no remainder.

Since 242,503,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,503,072, 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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