Q: Is 1,496,442 a Prime Number?
A: No, 1,496,442 is 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 1496442 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 51 102 289 578 863 867 1,726 1,734 2,589 5,178 14,671 29,342 44,013 88,026 249,407 498,814 748,221 and 1,496,442, with no remainder.
Since 1,496,442 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,496,442, it is not a prime number.