Q: Is 1,042,566 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,042,566 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,042,566 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 1042566 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 42 103 206 241 309 482 618 721 723 1,442 1,446 1,687 2,163 3,374 4,326 5,061 10,122 24,823 49,646 74,469 148,938 173,761 347,522 521,283 and 1,042,566, with no remainder.

Since 1,042,566 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,042,566, 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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