Q: Is 120,234,976 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,234,976 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,234,976 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 120234976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 547 1,094 2,188 4,376 6,869 8,752 13,738 17,504 27,476 54,952 109,904 219,808 3,757,343 7,514,686 15,029,372 30,058,744 60,117,488 and 120,234,976, with no remainder.

Since 120,234,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,234,976, 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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