Q: Is 120,142,422 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,142,422 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,142,422 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 120142422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 31 62 93 186 279 558 215,309 430,618 645,927 1,291,854 1,937,781 3,875,562 6,674,579 13,349,158 20,023,737 40,047,474 60,071,211 and 120,142,422, with no remainder.

Since 120,142,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,142,422, 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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