Q: Is 1,488,956 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,488,956 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,488,956 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 1488956 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 28 41 82 164 287 574 1,148 1,297 2,594 5,188 9,079 18,158 36,316 53,177 106,354 212,708 372,239 744,478 and 1,488,956, with no remainder.

Since 1,488,956 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,488,956, 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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