Q: Is 242,507,804 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 242,507,804 is not a prime number.

Why is 242,507,804 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 242507804 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 44 77 154 269 308 538 1,076 1,883 2,927 2,959 3,766 5,854 5,918 7,532 11,708 11,836 20,489 20,713 32,197 40,978 41,426 64,394 81,956 82,852 128,788 225,379 450,758 787,363 901,516 1,574,726 3,149,452 5,511,541 8,660,993 11,023,082 17,321,986 22,046,164 34,643,972 60,626,951 121,253,902 and 242,507,804, with no remainder.

Since 242,507,804 cannot be divided by just 1 and 242,507,804, 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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