Q: Is 12,120,072 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,120,072 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,120,072 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 12120072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 349 698 1,047 1,396 1,447 2,094 2,792 2,894 4,188 4,341 5,788 8,376 8,682 11,576 17,364 34,728 505,003 1,010,006 1,515,009 2,020,012 3,030,018 4,040,024 6,060,036 and 12,120,072, with no remainder.

Since 12,120,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,120,072, 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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