Q: Is 120,123,212 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,123,212 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,123,212 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 120123212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 44 157 314 628 1,727 3,454 6,908 17,389 34,778 69,556 191,279 382,558 765,116 2,730,073 5,460,146 10,920,292 30,030,803 60,061,606 and 120,123,212, with no remainder.

Since 120,123,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,123,212, 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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