Q: Is 120,102,996 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,102,996 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,102,996 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 120102996 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 59 78 118 156 177 236 354 708 767 1,534 2,301 3,068 4,602 9,204 13,049 26,098 39,147 52,196 78,294 156,588 169,637 339,274 508,911 678,548 769,891 1,017,822 1,539,782 2,035,644 2,309,673 3,079,564 4,619,346 9,238,692 10,008,583 20,017,166 30,025,749 40,034,332 60,051,498 and 120,102,996, with no remainder.

Since 120,102,996 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,102,996, 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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