Q: Is 12,708,504 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 12,708,504 is not a prime number.

Why is 12,708,504 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 12708504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 176,507 353,014 529,521 706,028 1,059,042 1,412,056 1,588,563 2,118,084 3,177,126 4,236,168 6,354,252 and 12,708,504, with no remainder.

Since 12,708,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 12,708,504, 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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