Q: Is 1,272,462 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,272,462 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,272,462 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 1272462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 29 58 71 87 103 142 174 206 213 309 426 618 2,059 2,987 4,118 5,974 6,177 7,313 8,961 12,354 14,626 17,922 21,939 43,878 212,077 424,154 636,231 and 1,272,462, with no remainder.

Since 1,272,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,272,462, 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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