Q: Is 120,120,246 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,120,246 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,120,246 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 120120246 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 81 162 243 486 729 1,458 82,387 164,774 247,161 494,322 741,483 1,482,966 2,224,449 4,448,898 6,673,347 13,346,694 20,020,041 40,040,082 60,060,123 and 120,120,246, with no remainder.

Since 120,120,246 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,120,246, 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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