Q: Is 121,536 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 121,536 is not a prime number.

Why is 121,536 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 121536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 144 192 211 288 422 576 633 844 1,266 1,688 1,899 2,532 3,376 3,798 5,064 6,752 7,596 10,128 13,504 15,192 20,256 30,384 40,512 60,768 and 121,536, with no remainder.

Since 121,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 121,536, 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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