Q: Is 123,560,559 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,560,559 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,560,559 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 123560559 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 81 277 831 2,493 5,507 7,479 16,521 22,437 49,563 148,689 446,067 1,525,439 4,576,317 13,728,951 41,186,853 and 123,560,559, with no remainder.

Since 123,560,559 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,560,559, 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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