Q: Is 231,123,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 231,123,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 231,123,012 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 231123012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 787 1,574 2,361 3,148 4,722 9,444 24,473 48,946 73,419 97,892 146,838 293,676 19,260,251 38,520,502 57,780,753 77,041,004 115,561,506 and 231,123,012, with no remainder.

Since 231,123,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 231,123,012, 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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