Q: Is 1,186,940 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,186,940 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,186,940 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 1186940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 34 68 85 170 340 3,491 6,982 13,964 17,455 34,910 59,347 69,820 118,694 237,388 296,735 593,470 and 1,186,940, with no remainder.

Since 1,186,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,186,940, 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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