Q: Is 120,152,889 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,152,889 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,152,889 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 120152889 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 17 27 51 81 153 459 1,377 87,257 261,771 785,313 1,483,369 2,355,939 4,450,107 7,067,817 13,350,321 40,050,963 and 120,152,889, with no remainder.

Since 120,152,889 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,152,889, 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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