Q: Is 120,234,982 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,234,982 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,234,982 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 120234982 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 17 34 119 238 289 578 2,023 4,046 29,717 59,434 208,019 416,038 505,189 1,010,378 3,536,323 7,072,646 8,588,213 17,176,426 60,117,491 and 120,234,982, with no remainder.

Since 120,234,982 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,234,982, 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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