Q: Is 124,123,023 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 124,123,023 is not a prime number.

Why is 124,123,023 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 124123023 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 81 383 1,149 3,447 4,001 10,341 12,003 31,023 36,009 108,027 324,081 1,532,383 4,597,149 13,791,447 41,374,341 and 124,123,023, with no remainder.

Since 124,123,023 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,123,023, 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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