Q: Is 1,427,960 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,427,960 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,427,960 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 1427960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 29 40 58 116 145 232 290 580 1,160 1,231 2,462 4,924 6,155 9,848 12,310 24,620 35,699 49,240 71,398 142,796 178,495 285,592 356,990 713,980 and 1,427,960, with no remainder.

Since 1,427,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,427,960, 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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