Q: Is 123,972,162 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,972,162 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,972,162 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 123972162 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 23 31 46 62 69 93 138 186 713 1,426 2,139 4,278 28,979 57,958 86,937 173,874 666,517 898,349 1,333,034 1,796,698 1,999,551 2,695,047 3,999,102 5,390,094 20,662,027 41,324,054 61,986,081 and 123,972,162, with no remainder.

Since 123,972,162 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,972,162, 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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