Q: Is 120,324,246 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,324,246 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,324,246 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 120324246 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 59 118 177 354 413 823 826 1,239 1,646 2,469 2,478 3,481 4,938 5,761 6,962 10,443 11,522 17,283 20,886 24,367 34,566 48,557 48,734 73,101 97,114 145,671 146,202 291,342 339,899 679,798 1,019,697 2,039,394 2,864,863 5,729,726 8,594,589 17,189,178 20,054,041 40,108,082 60,162,123 and 120,324,246, with no remainder.

Since 120,324,246 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,324,246, 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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