Q: Is 120,243,402 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,243,402 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,243,402 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 120243402 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 46 69 138 207 414 290,443 580,886 871,329 1,742,658 2,613,987 5,227,974 6,680,189 13,360,378 20,040,567 40,081,134 60,121,701 and 120,243,402, with no remainder.

Since 120,243,402 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,243,402, 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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