Q: Is 120,405,246 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,405,246 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,405,246 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 120405246 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 43 78 86 129 258 559 1,118 1,677 3,354 35,899 71,798 107,697 215,394 466,687 933,374 1,400,061 1,543,657 2,800,122 3,087,314 4,630,971 9,261,942 20,067,541 40,135,082 60,202,623 and 120,405,246, with no remainder.

Since 120,405,246 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,405,246, 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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