Q: Is 250,140,604 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 250,140,604 is not a prime number.

Why is 250,140,604 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 250140604 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 149 298 596 1,043 2,086 4,172 59,957 119,914 239,828 419,699 839,398 1,678,796 8,933,593 17,867,186 35,734,372 62,535,151 125,070,302 and 250,140,604, with no remainder.

Since 250,140,604 cannot be divided by just 1 and 250,140,604, 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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