Q: Is 120,143,042 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,143,042 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,143,042 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 120143042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 19 31 38 62 79 158 589 1,178 1,291 1,501 2,449 2,582 3,002 4,898 24,529 40,021 46,531 49,058 80,042 93,062 101,989 203,978 760,399 1,520,798 1,937,791 3,161,659 3,875,582 6,323,318 60,071,521 and 120,143,042, with no remainder.

Since 120,143,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,143,042, 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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