Q: Is 240,213,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,213,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,213,420 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 240213420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 31 36 45 60 62 90 93 124 155 180 186 279 310 372 465 558 620 930 1,116 1,395 1,860 2,790 5,580 43,049 86,098 129,147 172,196 215,245 258,294 387,441 430,490 516,588 645,735 774,882 860,980 1,291,470 1,334,519 1,549,764 1,937,205 2,582,940 2,669,038 3,874,410 4,003,557 5,338,076 6,672,595 7,748,820 8,007,114 12,010,671 13,345,190 16,014,228 20,017,785 24,021,342 26,690,380 40,035,570 48,042,684 60,053,355 80,071,140 120,106,710 and 240,213,420, with no remainder.

Since 240,213,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,213,420, 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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