Q: Is 10,609,698 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 10,609,698 is not a prime number.

Why is 10,609,698 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 10609698 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 22 33 66 160,753 321,506 482,259 964,518 1,768,283 3,536,566 5,304,849 and 10,609,698, with no remainder.

Since 10,609,698 cannot be divided by just 1 and 10,609,698, 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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