Q: Is 1,242,969 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,242,969 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,242,969 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 1242969 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 13 21 29 39 87 91 157 203 273 377 471 609 1,099 1,131 2,041 2,639 3,297 4,553 6,123 7,917 13,659 14,287 31,871 42,861 59,189 95,613 177,567 414,323 and 1,242,969, with no remainder.

Since 1,242,969 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,242,969, 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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