Q: Is 12,420,877 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,420,877 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,420,877 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 12420877 can be evenly divided by 1 7 73 109 223 511 763 1,561 7,957 16,279 24,307 55,699 113,953 170,149 1,774,411 and 12,420,877, with no remainder.

Since 12,420,877 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,420,877, 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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