Q: Is 123,242,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,242,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,242,420 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 123242420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 70 140 880,303 1,760,606 3,521,212 4,401,515 6,162,121 8,803,030 12,324,242 17,606,060 24,648,484 30,810,605 61,621,210 and 123,242,420, with no remainder.

Since 123,242,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,242,420, 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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