Q: Is 1,240,974 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,240,974 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,240,974 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 1240974 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 49 54 63 67 98 126 134 147 189 201 294 343 378 402 441 469 603 686 882 938 1,029 1,206 1,323 1,407 1,809 2,058 2,646 2,814 3,087 3,283 3,618 4,221 6,174 6,566 8,442 9,261 9,849 12,663 18,522 19,698 22,981 25,326 29,547 45,962 59,094 68,943 88,641 137,886 177,282 206,829 413,658 620,487 and 1,240,974, with no remainder.

Since 1,240,974 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,240,974, 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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