Q: Is 171,120,609 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 171,120,609 is not a prime number.

Why is 171,120,609 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 171120609 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 33 99 653 1,959 2,647 5,877 7,183 7,941 21,549 23,823 29,117 64,647 87,351 262,053 1,728,491 5,185,473 15,556,419 19,013,401 57,040,203 and 171,120,609, with no remainder.

Since 171,120,609 cannot be divided by just 1 and 171,120,609, 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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