Q: Is 6,426,498 a Prime Number?

 A: No, 6,426,498 is not a prime number.

Why is 6,426,498 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 6426498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 26 39 47 78 94 141 282 611 1,222 1,753 1,833 3,506 3,666 5,259 10,518 22,789 45,578 68,367 82,391 136,734 164,782 247,173 494,346 1,071,083 2,142,166 3,213,249 and 6,426,498, with no remainder.

Since 6,426,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,426,498, 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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