Q: Is 250,148,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 250,148,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 250,148,740 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 250148740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 89 178 356 445 890 1,780 140,533 281,066 562,132 702,665 1,405,330 2,810,660 12,507,437 25,014,874 50,029,748 62,537,185 125,074,370 and 250,148,740, with no remainder.

Since 250,148,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 250,148,740, 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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