Q: Is 1,179,904 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,179,904 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,179,904 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 1179904 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 44 64 88 128 176 256 352 419 704 838 1,408 1,676 2,816 3,352 4,609 6,704 9,218 13,408 18,436 26,816 36,872 53,632 73,744 107,264 147,488 294,976 589,952 and 1,179,904, with no remainder.

Since 1,179,904 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,179,904, 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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