Q: Is 12,111,012 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,111,012 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,111,012 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 12111012 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 108 112,139 224,278 336,417 448,556 672,834 1,009,251 1,345,668 2,018,502 3,027,753 4,037,004 6,055,506 and 12,111,012, with no remainder.

Since 12,111,012 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,111,012, 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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