Q: Is 331,230,248 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 331,230,248 is not a prime number.

Why is 331,230,248 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 331230248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 59 118 236 472 571 1,142 1,229 2,284 2,458 4,568 4,916 9,832 33,689 67,378 72,511 134,756 145,022 269,512 290,044 580,088 701,759 1,403,518 2,807,036 5,614,072 41,403,781 82,807,562 165,615,124 and 331,230,248, with no remainder.

Since 331,230,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 331,230,248, 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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