Q: Is 120,243,234 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,243,234 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,243,234 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 120243234 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 31 62 93 186 433 866 1,299 1,493 2,598 2,986 4,479 8,958 13,423 26,846 40,269 46,283 80,538 92,566 138,849 277,698 646,469 1,292,938 1,939,407 3,878,814 20,040,539 40,081,078 60,121,617 and 120,243,234, with no remainder.

Since 120,243,234 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,243,234, 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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