Q: Is 1,237,642 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,237,642 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,237,642 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 1237642 can be evenly divided by 1 2 7 14 49 73 98 146 173 346 511 1,022 1,211 2,422 3,577 7,154 8,477 12,629 16,954 25,258 88,403 176,806 618,821 and 1,237,642, with no remainder.

Since 1,237,642 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,237,642, 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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