Q: Is 120,551,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,551,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,551,724 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 120551724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 36 58 87 116 174 261 348 522 1,044 115,471 230,942 346,413 461,884 692,826 1,039,239 1,385,652 2,078,478 3,348,659 4,156,956 6,697,318 10,045,977 13,394,636 20,091,954 30,137,931 40,183,908 60,275,862 and 120,551,724, with no remainder.

Since 120,551,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,551,724, 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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