Q: Is 120,473,458 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,473,458 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,473,458 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 120473458 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 17 34 49 98 119 238 833 1,666 72,313 144,626 506,191 1,012,382 1,229,321 2,458,642 3,543,337 7,086,674 8,605,247 17,210,494 60,236,729 and 120,473,458, with no remainder.

Since 120,473,458 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,473,458, 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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