Q: Is 1,496,740 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 1,496,740 is not a prime number.

Why is 1,496,740 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 1496740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 20 28 35 70 140 10,691 21,382 42,764 53,455 74,837 106,910 149,674 213,820 299,348 374,185 748,370 and 1,496,740, with no remainder.

Since 1,496,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,496,740, 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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