Q: Is 1,272,720 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,272,720 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,272,720 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 1272720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 240 5,303 10,606 15,909 21,212 26,515 31,818 42,424 53,030 63,636 79,545 84,848 106,060 127,272 159,090 212,120 254,544 318,180 424,240 636,360 and 1,272,720, with no remainder.

Since 1,272,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,272,720, 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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