Q: Is 1,202,859 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,202,859 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,202,859 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 1202859 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 61 63 183 313 427 549 939 1,281 2,191 2,817 3,843 6,573 19,093 19,719 57,279 133,651 171,837 400,953 and 1,202,859, with no remainder.

Since 1,202,859 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,202,859, 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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