Q: Is 462,540 a Prime Number?
A: No, 462,540 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 462540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 13 15 20 26 30 39 52 60 65 78 130 156 195 260 390 593 780 1,186 1,779 2,372 2,965 3,558 5,930 7,116 7,709 8,895 11,860 15,418 17,790 23,127 30,836 35,580 38,545 46,254 77,090 92,508 115,635 154,180 231,270 and 462,540, with no remainder.
Since 462,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 462,540, it is not a prime number.