Q: Is 118,420,659 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,420,659 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,420,659 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 118420659 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 29 63 87 203 261 609 1,827 64,817 194,451 453,719 583,353 1,361,157 1,879,693 4,083,471 5,639,079 13,157,851 16,917,237 39,473,553 and 118,420,659, with no remainder.

Since 118,420,659 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,420,659, 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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