Q: Is 1,079,802 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,079,802 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,079,802 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 1079802 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 239 251 478 502 717 753 1,434 1,506 2,151 2,259 4,302 4,518 59,989 119,978 179,967 359,934 539,901 and 1,079,802, with no remainder.

Since 1,079,802 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,079,802, it is not a prime number.


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