Q: Is 123,420,212 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,420,212 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,420,212 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 123420212 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 59 118 157 236 314 628 3,331 6,662 9,263 13,324 18,526 37,052 196,529 393,058 522,967 786,116 1,045,934 2,091,868 30,855,053 61,710,106 and 123,420,212, with no remainder.

Since 123,420,212 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,420,212, 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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