Q: Is 1,240,578 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,240,578 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,240,578 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 1240578 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 41 82 123 246 369 738 1,681 3,362 5,043 10,086 15,129 30,258 68,921 137,842 206,763 413,526 620,289 and 1,240,578, with no remainder.

Since 1,240,578 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,240,578, 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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