Q: Is 120,536 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,536 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,536 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 120536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 19 26 38 52 61 76 104 122 152 244 247 488 494 793 988 1,159 1,586 1,976 2,318 3,172 4,636 6,344 9,272 15,067 30,134 60,268 and 120,536, with no remainder.

Since 120,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,536, 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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