Q: Is 120,362,238 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,362,238 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,362,238 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 120362238 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 29 58 87 174 261 522 841 1,682 2,523 5,046 7,569 7,951 15,138 15,902 23,853 47,706 71,559 143,118 230,579 461,158 691,737 1,383,474 2,075,211 4,150,422 6,686,791 13,373,582 20,060,373 40,120,746 60,181,119 and 120,362,238, with no remainder.

Since 120,362,238 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,362,238, 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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