293 is a prime number from 201-300. 293 has 2 factors, 1 and 293. It is the 62nd prime number, and the sixteenth and last prime number from 201-300.
Proofs
- 1 can divide 293
- 2 cannot
- 3 cannot
- 4 - 292 cannot
- 293 can!
Relationship with other odd numbers
The numbers before
- The previous prime number is 283.
- Notably, 289 is not a prime number because it is a square number, being 172 = 289.
- The previous prime number before 283 is 281.
The numbers after
- The next prime number is 307.
- 293 and 307 are fourteen numbers apart. It is a large gap.
- In particular, 299 is the product of 13 and 23. 301 is divisible by 7.
- 311 is the next prime number after 307.