Q: Is 120,443,249 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,443,249 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,443,249 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 120443249 can be evenly divided by 1 17 23 59 227 391 529 1,003 1,357 3,859 5,221 8,993 13,393 23,069 31,211 88,757 120,083 227,681 308,039 530,587 2,041,411 5,236,663 7,084,897 and 120,443,249, with no remainder.

Since 120,443,249 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,443,249, 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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