Q: Is 124,713,008 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 124,713,008 is not a prime number.

Why is 124,713,008 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 124713008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 56 112 1,113,509 2,227,018 4,454,036 7,794,563 8,908,072 15,589,126 17,816,144 31,178,252 62,356,504 and 124,713,008, with no remainder.

Since 124,713,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,713,008, 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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