Q: Is 331,230,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 331,230,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 331,230,042 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 331230042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 33 39 66 78 99 117 143 198 234 286 429 858 1,287 2,574 128,683 257,366 386,049 772,098 1,158,147 1,415,513 1,672,879 2,316,294 2,831,026 3,345,758 4,246,539 5,018,637 8,493,078 10,037,274 12,739,617 15,055,911 18,401,669 25,479,234 30,111,822 36,803,338 55,205,007 110,410,014 165,615,021 and 331,230,042, with no remainder.

Since 331,230,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 331,230,042, 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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