Q: Is 2,989,987 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,989,987 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,989,987 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 2989987 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 13 29 77 91 103 143 203 319 377 721 1,001 1,133 1,339 2,233 2,639 2,987 4,147 7,931 9,373 14,729 20,909 29,029 32,857 38,831 103,103 229,999 271,817 427,141 and 2,989,987, with no remainder.

Since 2,989,987 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,989,987, 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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