Q: Is 124,002,456 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 124,002,456 is not a prime number.

Why is 124,002,456 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 124002456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 139 278 417 556 834 1,112 1,668 3,336 37,171 74,342 111,513 148,684 223,026 297,368 446,052 892,104 5,166,769 10,333,538 15,500,307 20,667,076 31,000,614 41,334,152 62,001,228 and 124,002,456, with no remainder.

Since 124,002,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,002,456, 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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