Q: Is 120,230,540 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,230,540 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,230,540 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 120230540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 1,193 2,386 4,772 5,039 5,965 10,078 11,930 20,156 23,860 25,195 50,390 100,780 6,011,527 12,023,054 24,046,108 30,057,635 60,115,270 and 120,230,540, with no remainder.

Since 120,230,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,230,540, 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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