Q: Is 120,231,208 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,231,208 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,231,208 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 120231208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 17 34 68 101 136 202 404 808 1,717 3,434 6,868 8,753 13,736 17,506 35,012 70,024 148,801 297,602 595,204 884,053 1,190,408 1,768,106 3,536,212 7,072,424 15,028,901 30,057,802 60,115,604 and 120,231,208, with no remainder.

Since 120,231,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,231,208, 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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