Q: Is 50,120,998 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 50,120,998 is not a prime number.

Why is 50,120,998 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 50120998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 17 34 283 566 4,811 5,209 9,622 10,418 88,553 177,106 1,474,147 2,948,294 25,060,499 and 50,120,998, with no remainder.

Since 50,120,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 50,120,998, 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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