Q: Is 123,424 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,424 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,424 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 123424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 29 32 38 56 58 76 112 116 133 152 203 224 232 266 304 406 464 532 551 608 812 928 1,064 1,102 1,624 2,128 2,204 3,248 3,857 4,256 4,408 6,496 7,714 8,816 15,428 17,632 30,856 61,712 and 123,424, with no remainder.

Since 123,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,424, it is not a prime number.


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