Q: Is 123,642,608 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,642,608 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,642,608 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 123642608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 61 122 244 488 976 126,683 253,366 506,732 1,013,464 2,026,928 7,727,663 15,455,326 30,910,652 61,821,304 and 123,642,608, with no remainder.

Since 123,642,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,642,608, 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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