Q: Is 12,000,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,000,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,000,012 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 12000012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 101 202 303 404 606 1,212 9,901 19,802 29,703 39,604 59,406 118,812 1,000,001 2,000,002 3,000,003 4,000,004 6,000,006 and 12,000,012, with no remainder.

Since 12,000,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,000,012, 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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