Q: Is 120,442,005 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,442,005 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,442,005 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 120442005 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 15 27 45 135 449 1,347 1,987 2,245 4,041 5,961 6,735 9,935 12,123 17,883 20,205 29,805 53,649 60,615 89,415 268,245 892,163 2,676,489 4,460,815 8,029,467 13,382,445 24,088,401 40,147,335 and 120,442,005, with no remainder.

Since 120,442,005 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,442,005, 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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