Q: Is 3,000,231 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 3,000,231 is not a prime number.

Why is 3,000,231 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 3000231 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 13 39 117 25,643 76,929 230,787 333,359 1,000,077 and 3,000,231, with no remainder.

Since 3,000,231 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,000,231, it is not a prime number.


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