Q: Is 123,421,398 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,421,398 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,421,398 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 123421398 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 41 82 103 123 206 246 309 618 4,223 4,871 8,446 9,742 12,669 14,613 25,338 29,226 199,711 399,422 501,713 599,133 1,003,426 1,198,266 1,505,139 3,010,278 20,570,233 41,140,466 61,710,699 and 123,421,398, with no remainder.

Since 123,421,398 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,421,398, 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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