Q: Is 124,956 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 124,956 is not a prime number.

Why is 124,956 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 124956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 89 108 117 156 178 234 267 351 356 468 534 702 801 1,068 1,157 1,404 1,602 2,314 2,403 3,204 3,471 4,628 4,806 6,942 9,612 10,413 13,884 20,826 31,239 41,652 62,478 and 124,956, with no remainder.

Since 124,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 124,956, 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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