Q: Is 20,120,982 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 20,120,982 is not a prime number.

Why is 20,120,982 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 20120982 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 47 94 141 282 329 658 987 1,974 10,193 20,386 30,579 61,158 71,351 142,702 214,053 428,106 479,071 958,142 1,437,213 2,874,426 3,353,497 6,706,994 10,060,491 and 20,120,982, with no remainder.

Since 20,120,982 cannot be divided by just 1 and 20,120,982, 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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