Q: Is 123,456,780 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,456,780 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,456,780 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 123456780 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 30 36 45 47 60 90 94 141 180 188 235 282 423 470 564 705 846 940 1,410 1,692 2,115 2,820 4,230 8,460 14,593 29,186 43,779 58,372 72,965 87,558 131,337 145,930 175,116 218,895 262,674 291,860 437,790 525,348 656,685 685,871 875,580 1,313,370 1,371,742 2,057,613 2,626,740 2,743,484 3,429,355 4,115,226 6,172,839 6,858,710 8,230,452 10,288,065 12,345,678 13,717,420 20,576,130 24,691,356 30,864,195 41,152,260 61,728,390 and 123,456,780, with no remainder.

Since 123,456,780 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,456,780, 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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