Q: Is 1,059,462 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,059,462 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,059,462 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 1059462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 71 142 213 426 639 829 1,278 1,658 2,487 4,974 7,461 14,922 58,859 117,718 176,577 353,154 529,731 and 1,059,462, with no remainder.

Since 1,059,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,059,462, 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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