Q: Is 171,120,521 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 171,120,521 is not a prime number.

Why is 171,120,521 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 171120521 can be evenly divided by 1 11 13 17 43 143 187 221 473 559 731 1,637 2,431 6,149 8,041 9,503 18,007 21,281 27,829 70,391 104,533 234,091 306,119 361,777 774,301 915,083 1,196,647 3,979,547 10,065,913 13,163,117 15,556,411 and 171,120,521, with no remainder.

Since 171,120,521 cannot be divided by just 1 and 171,120,521, 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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