Q: Is 123,696 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,696 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,696 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 123696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 859 1,718 2,577 3,436 5,154 6,872 7,731 10,308 13,744 15,462 20,616 30,924 41,232 61,848 and 123,696, with no remainder.

Since 123,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,696, 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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