Q: Is 123,001,232 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,001,232 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,001,232 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 123001232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 523 1,046 2,092 4,184 8,368 14,699 29,398 58,796 117,592 235,184 7,687,577 15,375,154 30,750,308 61,500,616 and 123,001,232, with no remainder.

Since 123,001,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,001,232, 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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