Q: Is 123,199,998 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,199,998 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,199,998 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 123199998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 41 82 123 131 246 262 393 786 3,823 5,371 7,646 10,742 11,469 16,113 22,938 32,226 156,743 313,486 470,229 500,813 940,458 1,001,626 1,502,439 3,004,878 20,533,333 41,066,666 61,599,999 and 123,199,998, with no remainder.

Since 123,199,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,199,998, 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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