Q: Is 10,005,006 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,005,006 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,005,006 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 10005006 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 33 66 121 242 363 726 13,781 27,562 41,343 82,686 151,591 303,182 454,773 909,546 1,667,501 3,335,002 5,002,503 and 10,005,006, with no remainder.

Since 10,005,006 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,005,006, 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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