Q: Is 121,241,538 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 121,241,538 is not a prime number.

Why is 121,241,538 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 121241538 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 66 99 198 612,331 1,224,662 1,836,993 3,673,986 5,510,979 6,735,641 11,021,958 13,471,282 20,206,923 40,413,846 60,620,769 and 121,241,538, with no remainder.

Since 121,241,538 cannot be divided by just 1 and 121,241,538, 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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