Q: Is 120,429,258 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,429,258 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,429,258 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 120429258 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 19 34 38 51 57 102 114 323 646 969 1,938 62,141 124,282 186,423 372,846 1,056,397 1,180,679 2,112,794 2,361,358 3,169,191 3,542,037 6,338,382 7,084,074 20,071,543 40,143,086 60,214,629 and 120,429,258, with no remainder.

Since 120,429,258 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,429,258, 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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