Q: Is 240,622,506 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 240,622,506 is not a prime number.

Why is 240,622,506 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 240622506 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 313 626 939 1,878 2,817 5,634 42,709 85,418 128,127 256,254 384,381 768,762 13,367,917 26,735,834 40,103,751 80,207,502 120,311,253 and 240,622,506, with no remainder.

Since 240,622,506 cannot be divided by just 1 and 240,622,506, 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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