Q: Is 142,217,120 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 142,217,120 is not a prime number.

Why is 142,217,120 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 142217120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 80 160 888,857 1,777,714 3,555,428 4,444,285 7,110,856 8,888,570 14,221,712 17,777,140 28,443,424 35,554,280 71,108,560 and 142,217,120, with no remainder.

Since 142,217,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 142,217,120, 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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