Q: Is 120,071,871 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,071,871 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,071,871 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 120071871 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 53 159 211 477 633 1,193 1,899 3,579 10,737 11,183 33,549 63,229 100,647 189,687 251,723 569,061 755,169 2,265,507 13,341,319 40,023,957 and 120,071,871, with no remainder.

Since 120,071,871 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,071,871, 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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