Q: Is 12,001,002 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,001,002 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,001,002 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 12001002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 53 78 106 159 318 689 1,378 2,067 2,903 4,134 5,806 8,709 17,418 37,739 75,478 113,217 153,859 226,434 307,718 461,577 923,154 2,000,167 4,000,334 6,000,501 and 12,001,002, with no remainder.

Since 12,001,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,001,002, 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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