Q: Is 120,172,723 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,172,723 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,172,723 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 120172723 can be evenly divided by 1 11 23 29 121 253 319 667 1,489 2,783 3,509 7,337 16,379 34,247 43,181 80,707 180,169 376,717 474,991 993,163 4,143,887 5,224,901 10,924,793 and 120,172,723, with no remainder.

Since 120,172,723 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,172,723, 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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