Q: Is 12,001,048 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,001,048 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,001,048 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 12001048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 17 34 68 79 136 158 316 632 1,117 1,343 2,234 2,686 4,468 5,372 8,936 10,744 18,989 37,978 75,956 88,243 151,912 176,486 352,972 705,944 1,500,131 3,000,262 6,000,524 and 12,001,048, with no remainder.

Since 12,001,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,001,048, 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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