Q: Is 120,140,127 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,140,127 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,140,127 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 120140127 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 29 41 87 103 109 123 261 309 327 369 927 981 1,189 2,987 3,161 3,567 4,223 4,469 8,961 9,483 10,701 11,227 12,669 13,407 26,883 28,449 33,681 38,007 40,221 101,043 122,467 129,601 325,583 367,401 388,803 460,307 976,749 1,102,203 1,166,409 1,380,921 2,930,247 4,142,763 13,348,903 40,046,709 and 120,140,127, with no remainder.

Since 120,140,127 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,140,127, 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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