Q: Is 120,142,428 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,142,428 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,142,428 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 120142428 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 61 84 122 183 244 366 427 732 854 1,281 1,708 2,562 5,124 23,447 46,894 70,341 93,788 140,682 164,129 281,364 328,258 492,387 656,516 984,774 1,430,267 1,969,548 2,860,534 4,290,801 5,721,068 8,581,602 10,011,869 17,163,204 20,023,738 30,035,607 40,047,476 60,071,214 and 120,142,428, with no remainder.

Since 120,142,428 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,142,428, 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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