Q: Is 140,122,420 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 140,122,420 is not a prime number.

Why is 140,122,420 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 140122420 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 41 82 164 205 410 820 170,881 341,762 683,524 854,405 1,708,810 3,417,620 7,006,121 14,012,242 28,024,484 35,030,605 70,061,210 and 140,122,420, with no remainder.

Since 140,122,420 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,122,420, 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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