Q: Is 120,747,249 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,747,249 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,747,249 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 120747249 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 63 97 291 679 873 2,037 6,111 19,759 59,277 138,313 177,831 414,939 1,244,817 1,916,623 5,749,869 13,416,361 17,249,607 40,249,083 and 120,747,249, with no remainder.

Since 120,747,249 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,747,249, 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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