Q: Is 120,043,540 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,043,540 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,043,540 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 120043540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 37 74 148 185 370 740 162,221 324,442 648,884 811,105 1,622,210 3,244,420 6,002,177 12,004,354 24,008,708 30,010,885 60,021,770 and 120,043,540, with no remainder.

Since 120,043,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,043,540, 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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