Q: Is 118,536 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,536 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,536 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 118536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 132 264 449 898 1,347 1,796 2,694 3,592 4,939 5,388 9,878 10,776 14,817 19,756 29,634 39,512 59,268 and 118,536, with no remainder.

Since 118,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,536, 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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