Q: Is 120,255,234 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,255,234 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,255,234 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 120255234 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 33 47 66 94 141 282 517 1,034 1,551 3,102 38,767 77,534 116,301 232,602 426,437 852,874 1,279,311 1,822,049 2,558,622 3,644,098 5,466,147 10,932,294 20,042,539 40,085,078 60,127,617 and 120,255,234, with no remainder.

Since 120,255,234 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,255,234, 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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