Q: Is 1,072,942 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,072,942 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,072,942 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 1072942 can be evenly divided by 1 2 13 26 29 58 377 754 1,423 2,846 18,499 36,998 41,267 82,534 536,471 and 1,072,942, with no remainder.

Since 1,072,942 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,072,942, it is not a prime number.


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