Q: Is 12,122,001 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,122,001 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,122,001 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 12122001 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 43 53 129 159 197 387 477 591 1,161 1,431 1,773 2,279 5,319 6,837 8,471 10,441 20,511 25,413 31,323 61,533 76,239 93,969 228,717 281,907 448,963 1,346,889 4,040,667 and 12,122,001, with no remainder.

Since 12,122,001 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,122,001, 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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