Q: Is 118,956 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,956 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,956 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 118956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 23 46 69 92 138 276 431 862 1,293 1,724 2,586 5,172 9,913 19,826 29,739 39,652 59,478 and 118,956, with no remainder.

Since 118,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,956, 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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