Q: Is 1,179,560 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,179,560 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,179,560 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 1179560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 37 40 74 148 185 296 370 740 797 1,480 1,594 3,188 3,985 6,376 7,970 15,940 29,489 31,880 58,978 117,956 147,445 235,912 294,890 589,780 and 1,179,560, with no remainder.

Since 1,179,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,179,560, 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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