Q: Is 1,218,231 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,218,231 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,218,231 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 1218231 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 21 61 63 183 317 427 549 951 1,281 2,219 2,853 3,843 6,657 19,337 19,971 58,011 135,359 174,033 406,077 and 1,218,231, with no remainder.

Since 1,218,231 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,218,231, 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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