Q: Is 12,123,462 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,123,462 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,123,462 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 12123462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 47 78 94 141 282 611 1,222 1,833 3,307 3,666 6,614 9,921 19,842 42,991 85,982 128,973 155,429 257,946 310,858 466,287 932,574 2,020,577 4,041,154 6,061,731 and 12,123,462, with no remainder.

Since 12,123,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,123,462, 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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