Q: Is 120,822,738 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,822,738 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,822,738 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 120822738 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 73 146 219 223 438 446 669 1,237 1,338 2,474 3,711 7,422 16,279 32,558 48,837 90,301 97,674 180,602 270,903 275,851 541,806 551,702 827,553 1,655,106 20,137,123 40,274,246 60,411,369 and 120,822,738, with no remainder.

Since 120,822,738 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,822,738, 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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