Q: Is 1,199,979 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,199,979 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,199,979 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 1199979 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 17 23 31 33 51 69 93 99 153 187 207 253 279 341 391 527 561 713 759 1,023 1,173 1,581 1,683 2,139 2,277 3,069 3,519 4,301 4,743 5,797 6,417 7,843 12,121 12,903 17,391 23,529 36,363 38,709 52,173 70,587 109,089 133,331 399,993 and 1,199,979, with no remainder.

Since 1,199,979 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,199,979, 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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