Q: Is 124,342,426 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 124,342,426 is not a prime number.

Why is 124,342,426 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 124342426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 13 26 31 62 169 338 403 806 5,239 10,478 11,867 23,734 154,271 308,542 367,877 735,754 2,005,523 4,011,046 4,782,401 9,564,802 62,171,213 and 124,342,426, with no remainder.

Since 124,342,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,342,426, 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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