Q: Is 120,429,254 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,429,254 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,429,254 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 120429254 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 22 313 626 3,443 6,886 17,489 34,978 192,379 384,758 5,474,057 10,948,114 60,214,627 and 120,429,254, with no remainder.

Since 120,429,254 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,429,254, 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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