Q: Is 120,258 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,258 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,258 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 120258 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 51 54 102 131 153 262 306 393 459 786 918 1,179 2,227 2,358 3,537 4,454 6,681 7,074 13,362 20,043 40,086 60,129 and 120,258, with no remainder.

Since 120,258 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,258, 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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