Q: Is 1,196,972 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,196,972 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,196,972 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 1196972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 31 49 62 98 124 196 197 217 394 434 788 868 1,379 1,519 2,758 3,038 5,516 6,076 6,107 9,653 12,214 19,306 24,428 38,612 42,749 85,498 170,996 299,243 598,486 and 1,196,972, with no remainder.

Since 1,196,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,196,972, 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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