Q: Is 123,003,999 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,003,999 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,003,999 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 123003999 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 61 183 449 499 549 1,347 1,497 4,041 4,491 27,389 30,439 82,167 91,317 224,051 246,501 273,951 672,153 2,016,459 13,667,111 41,001,333 and 123,003,999, with no remainder.

Since 123,003,999 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,003,999, 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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