Q: Is 121,173,003 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 121,173,003 is not a prime number.

Why is 121,173,003 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 121173003 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 27 47 63 81 141 189 329 423 567 987 1,269 2,961 3,807 4,547 8,883 13,641 26,649 31,829 40,923 95,487 122,769 213,709 286,461 368,307 641,127 859,383 1,495,963 1,923,381 2,578,149 4,487,889 5,770,143 13,463,667 17,310,429 40,391,001 and 121,173,003, with no remainder.

Since 121,173,003 cannot be divided by just 1 and 121,173,003, 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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