Q: Is 120,870 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 120,870 is not a prime number.

Why is 120,870 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 120870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 17 18 30 34 45 51 79 85 90 102 153 158 170 237 255 306 395 474 510 711 765 790 1,185 1,343 1,422 1,530 2,370 2,686 3,555 4,029 6,715 7,110 8,058 12,087 13,430 20,145 24,174 40,290 60,435 and 120,870, with no remainder.

Since 120,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 120,870, it is not a prime number.


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