Q: Is 12,345,678 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,345,678 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,345,678 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 12345678 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 47 94 141 282 423 846 14,593 29,186 43,779 87,558 131,337 262,674 685,871 1,371,742 2,057,613 4,115,226 6,172,839 and 12,345,678, with no remainder.

Since 12,345,678 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,345,678, 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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