Q: Is 120,747,252 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,747,252 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,747,252 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 120747252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 659 1,318 1,977 2,636 3,954 7,908 15,269 30,538 45,807 61,076 91,614 183,228 10,062,271 20,124,542 30,186,813 40,249,084 60,373,626 and 120,747,252, with no remainder.

Since 120,747,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,747,252, 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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