Q: Is 120,540,255 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,540,255 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,540,255 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 120540255 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 11 15 33 55 149 165 447 745 1,639 2,235 4,903 4,917 8,195 14,709 24,515 24,585 53,933 73,545 161,799 269,665 730,547 808,995 2,191,641 3,652,735 8,036,017 10,958,205 24,108,051 40,180,085 and 120,540,255, with no remainder.

Since 120,540,255 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,540,255, 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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