Q: Is 125,252,874 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 125,252,874 is not a prime number.

Why is 125,252,874 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 125252874 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 1,259 2,518 3,777 5,527 7,554 11,054 11,331 16,581 22,662 33,162 49,743 99,486 6,958,493 13,916,986 20,875,479 41,750,958 62,626,437 and 125,252,874, with no remainder.

Since 125,252,874 cannot be divided by just 1 and 125,252,874, 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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