Q: Is 120,016,556 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,016,556 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,016,556 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 120016556 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 739 1,478 2,956 3,691 7,382 8,129 14,764 16,258 32,516 40,601 81,202 162,404 2,727,649 5,455,298 10,910,596 30,004,139 60,008,278 and 120,016,556, with no remainder.

Since 120,016,556 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,016,556, 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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