Q: Is 5,998,993 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 5,998,993 is not a prime number.

Why is 5,998,993 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 5998993 can be evenly divided by 1 7 11 13 77 91 143 169 461 1,001 1,183 1,859 3,227 5,071 5,993 13,013 35,497 41,951 65,923 77,909 461,461 545,363 856,999 and 5,998,993, with no remainder.

Since 5,998,993 cannot be divided by just 1 and 5,998,993, 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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