Q: Is 120,218,946 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,218,946 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,218,946 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 120218946 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 53 106 159 257 318 514 771 1,471 1,542 2,942 4,413 8,826 13,621 27,242 40,863 77,963 81,726 155,926 233,889 378,047 467,778 756,094 1,134,141 2,268,282 20,036,491 40,072,982 60,109,473 and 120,218,946, with no remainder.

Since 120,218,946 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,218,946, 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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