Q: Is 120,234,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,234,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,234,142 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 120234142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 98 673 1,346 1,823 3,646 4,711 9,422 12,761 25,522 32,977 65,954 89,327 178,654 1,226,879 2,453,758 8,588,153 17,176,306 60,117,071 and 120,234,142, with no remainder.

Since 120,234,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,234,142, 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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