Q: Is 120,401,172 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,401,172 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,401,172 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 120401172 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 269 538 807 1,076 1,614 2,421 3,228 4,842 9,684 12,433 24,866 37,299 49,732 74,598 111,897 149,196 223,794 447,588 3,344,477 6,688,954 10,033,431 13,377,908 20,066,862 30,100,293 40,133,724 60,200,586 and 120,401,172, with no remainder.

Since 120,401,172 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,401,172, 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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