Q: Is 124,003,724 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 124,003,724 is not a prime number.

Why is 124,003,724 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 124003724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 26 37 52 74 148 481 962 1,924 64,451 128,902 257,804 837,863 1,675,726 2,384,687 3,351,452 4,769,374 9,538,748 31,000,931 62,001,862 and 124,003,724, with no remainder.

Since 124,003,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,003,724, 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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