Q: Is 124,123,142 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 124,123,142 is not a prime number.

Why is 124,123,142 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 124123142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 11 13 22 26 101 143 202 286 1,111 1,313 2,222 2,626 4,297 8,594 14,443 28,886 47,267 55,861 94,534 111,722 433,997 614,471 867,994 1,228,942 4,773,967 5,641,961 9,547,934 11,283,922 62,061,571 and 124,123,142, with no remainder.

Since 124,123,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,123,142, 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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