Q: Is 2,478,920 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,478,920 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,478,920 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 2478920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 29 40 58 116 145 232 290 580 1,160 2,137 4,274 8,548 10,685 17,096 21,370 42,740 61,973 85,480 123,946 247,892 309,865 495,784 619,730 1,239,460 and 2,478,920, with no remainder.

Since 2,478,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,478,920, 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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