Q: Is 10,402,998 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,402,998 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,402,998 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 10402998 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 59 118 177 354 29,387 58,774 88,161 176,322 1,733,833 3,467,666 5,201,499 and 10,402,998, with no remainder.

Since 10,402,998 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,402,998, 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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