Q: Is 120,201,426 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,201,426 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,201,426 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 120201426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 43 86 129 258 387 774 155,299 310,598 465,897 931,794 1,397,691 2,795,382 6,677,857 13,355,714 20,033,571 40,067,142 60,100,713 and 120,201,426, with no remainder.

Since 120,201,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,201,426, 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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