Q: Is 2,995,002 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 2,995,002 is not a prime number.

Why is 2,995,002 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 2995002 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 37 54 74 111 222 333 666 999 1,499 1,998 2,998 4,497 8,994 13,491 26,982 40,473 55,463 80,946 110,926 166,389 332,778 499,167 998,334 1,497,501 and 2,995,002, with no remainder.

Since 2,995,002 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,995,002, it is not a prime number.


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