Q: Is 12,488,004 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,488,004 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,488,004 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 12488004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 79 158 237 316 474 711 948 1,422 2,844 4,391 8,782 13,173 17,564 26,346 39,519 52,692 79,038 158,076 346,889 693,778 1,040,667 1,387,556 2,081,334 3,122,001 4,162,668 6,244,002 and 12,488,004, with no remainder.

Since 12,488,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,488,004, 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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