Q: Is 120,429,252 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,429,252 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,429,252 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 120429252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 197 394 591 788 1,182 1,773 2,364 3,546 7,092 16,981 33,962 50,943 67,924 101,886 152,829 203,772 305,658 611,316 3,345,257 6,690,514 10,035,771 13,381,028 20,071,542 30,107,313 40,143,084 60,214,626 and 120,429,252, with no remainder.

Since 120,429,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,429,252, 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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