Q: Is 120,261,999 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,261,999 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,261,999 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 120261999 can be evenly divided by 1 3 11 13 33 39 143 197 429 591 1,423 2,167 2,561 4,269 6,501 7,683 15,653 18,499 28,171 46,959 55,497 84,513 203,489 280,331 610,467 840,993 3,083,641 3,644,303 9,250,923 10,932,909 40,087,333 and 120,261,999, with no remainder.

Since 120,261,999 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,261,999, 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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