Q: Is 123,252,498 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,252,498 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,252,498 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 123252498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 2,417 2,833 4,834 5,666 7,251 8,499 14,502 16,998 21,753 25,497 43,506 50,994 6,847,361 13,694,722 20,542,083 41,084,166 61,626,249 and 123,252,498, with no remainder.

Since 123,252,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,252,498, 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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