Q: Is 140,231,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 140,231,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 140,231,120 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 140231120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 40 80 1,752,889 3,505,778 7,011,556 8,764,445 14,023,112 17,528,890 28,046,224 35,057,780 70,115,560 and 140,231,120, with no remainder.

Since 140,231,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 140,231,120, 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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