Q: Is 123,420,040 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,420,040 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,420,040 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 123420040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 53 106 212 265 424 530 1,060 2,120 58,217 116,434 232,868 291,085 465,736 582,170 1,164,340 2,328,680 3,085,501 6,171,002 12,342,004 15,427,505 24,684,008 30,855,010 61,710,020 and 123,420,040, with no remainder.

Since 123,420,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,420,040, 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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