Q: Is 118,426,252 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,426,252 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,426,252 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 118426252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 67 134 268 469 938 1,876 63,127 126,254 252,508 441,889 883,778 1,767,556 4,229,509 8,459,018 16,918,036 29,606,563 59,213,126 and 118,426,252, with no remainder.

Since 118,426,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,426,252, 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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