Q: Is 123,456,792 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 123,456,792 is not a prime number.

Why is 123,456,792 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 123456792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 59 118 177 236 354 472 708 1,416 87,187 174,374 261,561 348,748 523,122 697,496 1,046,244 2,092,488 5,144,033 10,288,066 15,432,099 20,576,132 30,864,198 41,152,264 61,728,396 and 123,456,792, with no remainder.

Since 123,456,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 123,456,792, 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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