Q: Is 120,242,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,242,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,242,012 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 120242012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 11 22 41 44 82 164 451 902 1,804 66,653 133,306 266,612 733,183 1,466,366 2,732,773 2,932,732 5,465,546 10,931,092 30,060,503 60,121,006 and 120,242,012, with no remainder.

Since 120,242,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,242,012, 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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