Q: Is 120,123,255 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,123,255 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,123,255 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 120123255 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 15 21 35 49 105 147 245 735 163,433 490,299 817,165 1,144,031 2,451,495 3,432,093 5,720,155 8,008,217 17,160,465 24,024,651 40,041,085 and 120,123,255, with no remainder.

Since 120,123,255 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,123,255, 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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