Q: Is 118,854 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 118,854 is not a prime number.

Why is 118,854 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 118854 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 31 54 62 71 93 142 186 213 279 426 558 639 837 1,278 1,674 1,917 2,201 3,834 4,402 6,603 13,206 19,809 39,618 59,427 and 118,854, with no remainder.

Since 118,854 cannot be divided by just 1 and 118,854, 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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