Q: Is 12,424,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,424,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,424,120 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 12424120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 40 263 526 1,052 1,181 1,315 2,104 2,362 2,630 4,724 5,260 5,905 9,448 10,520 11,810 23,620 47,240 310,603 621,206 1,242,412 1,553,015 2,484,824 3,106,030 6,212,060 and 12,424,120, with no remainder.

Since 12,424,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,424,120, 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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